Highlights seven documents and seven journal articles in the ERIC database about service learning projects, social studies projects that build on local resident experience, teacher and university research and collaboration efforts to enrich adolescents' education, and other ideas that might be adapted to middle school environments. (DLH)

Citing concern over the decline in self-concept and achievement exhibited by middle school girls, this article summarizes ERIC documents and journal articles that explore the factors that impinge on boys' and girls' academic and social lives in the middle grades. Presents annotated bibliographic references for ten items. (SD)

Presents an annotated bibliography of ERIC documents and journals discussing issues related to implementing total quality management (TQM) principles in middle level education. Topics include guidelines for implementation, profiles of schools demonstrating TQM principles, and efforts in other fields. Journal article topics include TQM in school…

Summarizes books, ERIC documents, and journal articles to provide a guide to some recent discussions of various kinds of student-centered assessments. (JPB)

Annotates a sampling of documents and journal articles from the ERIC database on writing instruction at the middle level. (SD)