Transforming Middle Level Education: Perspectives and Possibilities

Transforming Middle Level Education: Perspectives and Possibilities is a book for anyone who has an interest in middle level education--teachers, administrators, university faculty, board members, and parents. The past two decades have witnessed tremendous reform in middle level schools and more restructuring is in the offing. Hundreds of schools have implemented team organization, advisory programs, full and rich exploratory programs, flexible schedules, and other innovations that seek to meet better the needs of young adolescents. Middle level educators are driven by one premise: Everything that is done for and with students in a school should be based builds on that premise and seeks to address it from a broader perspective than that of the past or present. I hope that readers will find ways of using the information and viewpoints in this book to improve middle level education.