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Direct linkEllerbrock, Cheryl R.; Kiefer, Sarah M. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2014
The middle-to-high-school transition and the first year of high school are critical periods in students' lives. According to the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), "The passage of students from the middle grades to high school is the most difficult transition point in education" (2002, p. 24). Although there are many…
Descriptors: Developmental Continuity, Middle School Students, High School Students, Grade 9
Download full textFinnan, Christine; Kombe, Dennis – Middle School Journal (J1), 2011
When students struggle in the elementary and middle grades, the likelihood that they will drop out of high school increases dramatically. Although most dropout prevention resources have focused on high schools in a last-ditch effort to keep students in school, earlier interventions in elementary and middle grades provide a better opportunity to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Grades (Scholastic), Dropout Prevention, Acceleration (Education)
Bokhorst-Heng, Wendy D. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2008
Parental involvement comes in various forms and will differ as a child moves through primary and secondary school. Epstein's (2002) classic six-types model captures the potential scope of parental involvement: (1) basic obligations of parents as care-providers; (2) schools communicating with parents about school programs; (3) parent volunteering…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship, Foreign Countries
Pollock, Sandra L. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2006
The relationship between bullying or harassment and LGBT youth is examined in this article. Recent research has exposed a relationship between gender-based and sexualized forms of violence and harassment in school, and it's been theorized that heterosexism-- the belief that heterosexuality is superior to other forms of sexuality -- is the…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Grade 10, Bullying, Individual Development
George, Paul S. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2005
In the last five years, a growing number of large, urban school districts have moved to close what are termed "troubled" 6-8 middle schools and have opened K-8 schools in their place: Boston, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Newark, New Orleans, New York City, Oklahoma City, and Philadelphia have been among the first to do so. With a…
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Adolescents, Urban Schools, School Districts
Mizell, Hayes – Middle School Journal (J3), 2005
Many school systems have so much difficulty when it comes to educating students between the ages of 12 and 15. There seems to be perennial dissatisfaction with how public schools educate these "young adolescents." The grade configurations of schools varied, but the dominant pattern was eight years of primary school followed by four years of high…
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Middle Schools, High Schools, Junior High Schools
