This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents (2010), organizes the 16 research - based characteristics of
effective middle grades education into three areas: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment; Leadership and Organization; and Culture and Community.
Sherry's influence spans the nation as she works collaboratively with the National Forum To Accelerate
Middle -
Grades reform as forum member and Michigan Project Director on their Investing in Innovation Grant (2013) and Supporting
Effective Educator Grant (2015), awarded by the U.S. Department of
Education.