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This We Believe: Developmentally Responsive Middle Level Schools. A Position Paper.

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National Middle School Association, Columbus, OH. – 1995

Following the introduction of the middle school in the 1960s with its advocacy of a 5-8 or 6-8 grade configuration, no comprehensive statement appeared to crystallize the educational beliefs inherent in this emerging educational reform effort. This paper is not just a revision of the 1982 position statement, but a "re-vision" of middle…

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