While middle and high school students may have mastered the basic tools of reading, they still need help «learning to read» the increasingly complex and diverse texts of the digital age.
Unfortunately, less attention and investment has been concentrated on the literacy needs
of middle and high school students to ensure that they maintain the progress made at the elementary school level.
The study of nearly 40,000 youth around the country also found that e-cigarette use
among middle and high school students doubled between 2011 and 2012, from 3.1 percent to 6.5 percent.
His book Engaging «Tweens and Teens: A Brain - Compatible Approach to
Reaching Middle and High School Students aims to show teachers how to cope with the developing — and often baffling — teenage brain.
In addition, this bipartisan agreement would have helped millions of low - income
middle and high school students get the extra mentoring and financial assistance they need to prepare for and go to college.
It expands vision screenings beyond the usual elementary school years to
include middle and high school students in all 130 Community Schools, which are among the city's lowest - achieving schools, the mayor said.