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- catalog abstract "Based on the experiences of hundreds of middle-grade schools, this book's seven key recommendations outline how best to improve the educational experiences of middle grade students. Touching on everything from curriculum and instruction to engaging families and empowering teachers and administrators, this publication synthesizes lessons learned from educators attempting to improve middle grades education across the country over the past decade.".
- catalog alternative "Turning points two thousand".
- catalog contributor b11776083.
- catalog contributor b11776084.
- catalog contributor b11776085.
- catalog contributor b11776086.
- catalog contributor b11776087.
- catalog contributor b11776088.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description "Based on the experiences of hundreds of middle-grade schools, this book's seven key recommendations outline how best to improve the educational experiences of middle grade students. Touching on everything from curriculum and instruction to engaging families and empowering teachers and administrators, this publication synthesizes lessons learned from educators attempting to improve middle grades education across the country over the past decade.".
- catalog description "Foreword -- David a. Hamburg -- Preface -- Acknowledgments: Turning points: decade later -- Turning points and middle grades school reform -- Early adolescence: opportunities and risks -- Core values of turning points 2000 -- Turning points 2000: purpose, process, and plan -- Turning points 2000: a design for improving middle grades education -- Turning points 2000 recommendations -- Design system -- Caution: no half measures -- Ensuring success for every student -- Curriculum and assessment to improve teaching and learning -- Standards and curriculum: the starting points of backward design -- Assessment: the midpoint of backward design -- Conclusion -- Designing instruction to improve teaching and learning -- Instruction's key connections -- Equity and excellence -- Three models for organizing instruction -- Our recommendations for organizing instruction -- Technology as a resource for instruction Instructional reform and broad-based intervention for language minority students -- ".
- catalog description "Health-promoting school -- Health services -- Conclusion -- Involving parents and communities -- Parent involvement to improve student learning -- Linking adolescent learning to community resources -- Schools, family, and community: a strong foundation -- Taking action: challenges and opportunities -- Teaching and learning -- Relationships, collaboration, and decision making -- Community connections -- Final reflections: on excellence and equity -- References -- Index -- About the authors -- About the turning points national network.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-249) and index.".
- catalog description "Special focus: teaching reading in middle grades schools -- Expert teachers for middle grades schools: pre-service preparation and professional development: Pre-service preparation of middle grades teachers -- Content and structure of pre-service programs -- Middle grades teacher licensure/certification: is it necessary? -- Mentoring and induction programs for middle grades teachers -- Professional development -- Bottom line -- Organizing relationships for learning -- Smaller is better -- Team approach -- Creating and sustaining effective teams -- Team roles and responsibilities -- What effective teams do -- Advisory -- Conclusion -- Democratic governance to improve student learning -- Leadership team, inquiry groups, and student involvement -- Functions of the leadership team -- School principal-key leadership roles -- Developing district capacity to support middle school change -- Conclusion -- Safe and healthy school environment -- Healthy learning environment -- ".
- catalog extent "xvi, 267 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0807739960 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0807739979 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Teachers College Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "373.18/0973 21".
- catalog subject "LB2822.82 .J23 2000".
- catalog subject "Middle school students United States.".
- catalog subject "School improvement programs United States.".
- catalog subject "Teenagers Education United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword -- David a. Hamburg -- Preface -- Acknowledgments: Turning points: decade later -- Turning points and middle grades school reform -- Early adolescence: opportunities and risks -- Core values of turning points 2000 -- Turning points 2000: purpose, process, and plan -- Turning points 2000: a design for improving middle grades education -- Turning points 2000 recommendations -- Design system -- Caution: no half measures -- Ensuring success for every student -- Curriculum and assessment to improve teaching and learning -- Standards and curriculum: the starting points of backward design -- Assessment: the midpoint of backward design -- Conclusion -- Designing instruction to improve teaching and learning -- Instruction's key connections -- Equity and excellence -- Three models for organizing instruction -- Our recommendations for organizing instruction -- Technology as a resource for instruction Instructional reform and broad-based intervention for language minority students -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Health-promoting school -- Health services -- Conclusion -- Involving parents and communities -- Parent involvement to improve student learning -- Linking adolescent learning to community resources -- Schools, family, and community: a strong foundation -- Taking action: challenges and opportunities -- Teaching and learning -- Relationships, collaboration, and decision making -- Community connections -- Final reflections: on excellence and equity -- References -- Index -- About the authors -- About the turning points national network.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Special focus: teaching reading in middle grades schools -- Expert teachers for middle grades schools: pre-service preparation and professional development: Pre-service preparation of middle grades teachers -- Content and structure of pre-service programs -- Middle grades teacher licensure/certification: is it necessary? -- Mentoring and induction programs for middle grades teachers -- Professional development -- Bottom line -- Organizing relationships for learning -- Smaller is better -- Team approach -- Creating and sustaining effective teams -- Team roles and responsibilities -- What effective teams do -- Advisory -- Conclusion -- Democratic governance to improve student learning -- Leadership team, inquiry groups, and student involvement -- Functions of the leadership team -- School principal-key leadership roles -- Developing district capacity to support middle school change -- Conclusion -- Safe and healthy school environment -- Healthy learning environment -- ".
- catalog title "Turning points 2000 : educating adolescents in the 21st century / Anthony W. Jackson and Gayle A. Davis ; with Maud Abeel and Anne Bordonaro ; foreword by David A. Hamburg.".
- catalog title "Turning points two thousand".
- catalog type "text".