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Direct linkGewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2004
This article deals with school districts' K-8 configurations. Cincinnati, Cleveland, Milwaukee, New York, and Philadelphia are among the districts making the change, driven by a small body of research and a rising pile of anecdotes suggesting that K-8 configurations help academic performance, decrease discipline problems, enhance parent…
Descriptors: School Districts, Parent Participation, Educational Planning, Academic Achievement
