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Beane, James; Lipka, Richard – Educational Leadership, 2006
Blaming unsatisfactory student achievement on the middle school concept is a case of mistaken identity. Too many middle schools have failed to fully implement the middle school concept. Based on statements from the Carnegie Council and the National Middle School Association, the middle school concept calls for improved academic achievement for all…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Academic Achievement, Early Adolescents, Instructional Program Divisions
Harrison, John A. – American School Board Journal, 1998
In 1996, a Winston-Salem principal closed a failing alternative school and developed a new program dedicated to helping at-risk kids succeed. The result was LEAP (Learning and Acceleration Program) Academy, a school that helps academically unstable middle-school students catch up to their peers by completing two years of academic course work in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Acceleration (Education), High Risk Students, Intermediate Grades
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2004
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) It's Education, Stupid: Greenspan Stresses the Importance of Education to Improving Job Prospects, Incomes, and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Policy, Social Promotion, Living Standards