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ERIC Number: EJ439280
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
How We Made the Transition from Junior High to Middle School.
Shimniok, Loretta M.; Schmoker, Mike
Educational Leadership, v49 n5 p27-29 Feb 1992
Describes a principal's efforts to help staff restructure an Arizona junior high school's entire curriculum while struggling to achieve a successful transition to middle school status. The most traumatic change for staff involved a radical scheduling change from one-hour classes to two-hour time blocks with alternating subjects from quarter to quarter. (four references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Collegiality, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Participative Decision Making, Principals, School Restructuring, Time Blocks, Transitional Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Arizona (Tucson); Empowerment