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Cianca, Marie; Lampe, Paul – Principal Leadership, 2010
In 2003, Dr. Freddie Thomas Middle School in Rochester, New York, was in serious trouble. In 2000, it had been labeled a "school under registration review" by the New York State Education Department and was under a directive to make significant progress or face serious consequences. Three years later in 2003, only 3% of eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Urban Schools, School Effectiveness, School Administration
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Kokolis, Luanne L. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2007
There are those in the school community who believe that the anxious feelings and heightened sense of anxiety experienced by sixth graders as they transition from elementary to junior high school constitute a rite of passage. Teachers and school administrators in the Indiana Area Junior High School in Pennsylvania believed differently. During the…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 6, Educational Environment, Junior High Schools
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Ullrich, Walter J.; Yeamen, John T. – Middle School Journal, 1999
Discusses the implementation of a modified block schedule with three-teacher teams to deepen student engagement and understanding of the curriculum. Considers benefits of the block for students and teachers, and the starting assumptions and goals of the schedule, along with cautions for change. (JPB)
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment
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George, Paul S.; Grebing, Walt – Middle School Journal, 1995
Describes strategies used by one middle school to successfully challenge gifted students in the context of the regular classroom, satisfy their parents, and preserve the best of the middle school concept for all students. Strategies include block scheduling, regular schoolwide recognition programs, a school climate characterized by academic rigor…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Environment, Gifted, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Merenbloom, Elliot Y.; Kalina, Barbara A. – Corwin Press, 2006
Today's schools are responding to the pressing need for positive student-teacher relationships that promote successful learning and prevent dropouts and violence. To meet this challenge, many secondary schools are reorganizing around smaller schools or "houses" and structuring longer blocks of learning time. Authors Elliot Y. Merenbloom and…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, School Schedules, Dropouts, Middle Schools
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Brimfield, Renee; Masci, Frank; DeFiore, Denise – Middle School Journal, 2002
Discusses differentiation in terms of the instructional program, school organization, staff development, and extensions beyond the classroom. Suggests learning activities with differing levels of cognitive challenge as vehicles for differentiated classrooms. Focuses curriculum on global citizenship and themes of identity, connections,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Block Scheduling, Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged Youth