Focus on the wonder years : challenges facing the American middle school / Jaana Juvonen [and others].

Published:: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2004.
Physical Description:: xxiv, 155 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Additional Creators:: Juvonen, Jaana, Le, Vi-Nhuan, Kaganoff, Tessa, Augustine, Catherine H., 1968-, Constant, Louay, Rand Education (Institute), Rand Corporation, and Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

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Summary:

Young teens undergo multiple changes that seem to set them apart from other students. But do middle schools actually meet their special needs? The authors describe some of the challenges and offer ways to tackle them, such as reassessing the organization of grades K-12; specifically assisting the students most in need; finding ways to prevent disciplinary problems; and helping parents understand how they can help their children learn at home.

Report Numbers:

RAND/MG-139-EDU

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ISBN:

0833033905

Note:

"RAND Education."
Includes errata sheet.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-155).

Other Forms:

Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.

Funding Information:

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation. ET179 1000. OET04 4001

Complexity Note:

Summarized by RAND/RB-8025-EDU.

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