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Peer reviewedSardo-Brown, Deborah; Shetlar, Jean – Middle School Journal, 1994
Explores student and teacher views about an advisor-advisee program being conducted in a rural midwestern middle school. Although teachers overwhelmingly supported the advisory concept, they (as well as students) made several suggestions for improving the school's program: eliminating a controversial Positive Action program; removing disruptive…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Program Development, Rural Schools
Peer reviewedMartino, Louis R. – Middle School Journal, 1994
Recent research shows that at-risk young people involved in well-planned and supervised peer-tutoring situations improve their grade point averages, literacy and study skills, reading comprehension, ability to identify long-range goals, and self-confidence. This article describes a high school peer-tutoring program applicable to middle school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness
Peer reviewedErb, Tom – Middle School Journal, 2002
Draws upon three articles in this issue that highlight the struggle to establish developmentally and culturally appropriate programs for young adolescents in New Zealand, and the difficulty encountered in institutionalizing best practices for middle grades learners in Kansas. Advocates following the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development's…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Advocacy, Educational Administration, Educational Environment
