Sentences with phrase «middle grades reform»

Academic, social, and emotional needs in a middle grades reform initiative.

NASSP has been a long - time supporter of policies that seek to promote equity and excellence, including the work of Pathways to College Network, the Data Quality Campaign, Adolescent Literacy, National Standards and Assessments, the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform, and the National High School Alliance.

Over the course of her distinguished career at CTL, Dr. Hargan has done extensive state and national consulting work in systemic reform, and has served on national and local organizations including the President's Task Force on USAID to Education in Underdeveloped Countries, the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform, the Early Childhood Task Force of the National Arts Education Partnership and the Prichard Committee Task Force on Teacher Quality.

The National Forum unites key stakeholders to speak with a common voice to leverage research, policy, leadership, and replicable model practices to drive middle grades reform.

The Schools To Watch Program ® is a copyright protected program of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform.

No adaptations to this self - study and rubric may be used without written permission from the Schools To Watch Committee and Board of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform.

Designed for busy, committed middle grades leaders, these focused treatments of timely topics include suggestions for taking action, making them invaluable resources for administrators, team leaders, curriculum developers, and others involved in middle grades reform.

Good students model good behavior for other students, according to Deborah Kasak, executive director of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform.

The experiences of educators such as Rabe, and many others who put Turning Points into practice, provide what authors Jackson and Davis call the «muscle, heart, and soul» to the renewed push for middle grades reform.

What we have also tried to convey is that middle grades reform involves more than a «technical fix» to existing problems.

On June 26th ~ the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) ~ the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) ~ the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) ~ The Alliance for Excellent Education ~ and the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform held a briefing on Capitol Hill ~ Absenteeism in the Middle Grades: The Prevalence ~ the Impact ~ and Turning it Around.

Gov. Bush's recommendation to the legislature builds on last year's Middle Grades Reform Act, which provided hundreds of new reading coaches in middle schools across the state.

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Turning Points 2000: A Blueprint For Middle Grades Education Reform A new report by the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans advises that groups need to work together to help Hispanic students close the achievement gap with students of other ethnic groups.

While there is more emphasis on academics at all grade levels today and evidence that the middle school burden can be overcome (Williams and colleagues showed in a major 2010 study, called «Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better,» that an intense focus on academics can work), it is odd that Walcott would favor reforming middle schools instead of doing what the research suggests is better and easier — creating smaller, «elemiddle» (K — 8) schools — and what the trends are showing is happening all over the country — as David Hough, managing editor of the Middle Grades Research Journal, told me, «the trend is definitely away from stand - alone middle schools.&middle school burden can be overcome (Williams and colleagues showed in a major 2010 study, called «Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better,» that an intense focus on academics can work), it is odd that Walcott would favor reforming middle schools instead of doing what the research suggests is better and easier — creating smaller, «elemiddle» (K — 8) schools — and what the trends are showing is happening all over the country — as David Hough, managing editor of the Middle Grades Research Journal, told me, «the trend is definitely away from stand - alone middle schools.&Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better,» that an intense focus on academics can work), it is odd that Walcott would favor reforming middle schools instead of doing what the research suggests is better and easier — creating smaller, «elemiddle» (K — 8) schools — and what the trends are showing is happening all over the country — as David Hough, managing editor of the Middle Grades Research Journal, told me, «the trend is definitely away from stand - alone middle schools.&middle schools instead of doing what the research suggests is better and easier — creating smaller, «elemiddle» (K — 8) schools — and what the trends are showing is happening all over the country — as David Hough, managing editor of the Middle Grades Research Journal, told me, «the trend is definitely away from stand - alone middle schools.&Middle Grades Research Journal, told me, «the trend is definitely away from stand - alone middle schools.&middle schools.»

The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded more than $ 4 million in grants to help 15 states continue their efforts to reform education in the middle grades.

These results cast doubt on the desirability of class - size reduction in the middle grades as a reform strategy in many countries.

Efforts to keep children from dropping out of school must begin in the middle grades, a new report advises, and should include school - based reforms that enhance achievement, promote self - esteem, and provide personalized, rather than punitive, discipline.

He is a director of the Walt Disney Company's Disney Learning Partnership and co-author, with Dr. Gayle Davis, of the University of Maryland, of Turning Points 2000, a highly acclaimed sequel to his original report on middle grades education reform.

First, people have learned so much about what to do and what not to do to implement the kind of middle grades school reforms talked about in the original Turning Points that we felt compelled to bring those lessons to broad public attention.

On Jan. 24, readers questioned three members of the Teacher Leaders Network — Corrina Knight, a 6th grade language arts / social studies teacher at Salem Middle School in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional development.

Florida's Middle School Reform Act (2004) includes provisions that emphasize the importance of planning in middle school; the importance of student accountability in 8th grade; and the importance of grades in 9th Middle School Reform Act (2004) includes provisions that emphasize the importance of planning in middle school; the importance of student accountability in 8th grade; and the importance of grades in 9th middle school; the importance of student accountability in 8th grade; and the importance of grades in 9th grade.

«Lack of specialized teacher preparation for middle - grades teachers amounts to malpractice,» asserted Ken McEwin, a professor of curriculum and instruction at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., and a member of the policy committee of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Rmiddle - grades teachers amounts to malpractice,» asserted Ken McEwin, a professor of curriculum and instruction at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., and a member of the policy committee of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Rgrades teachers amounts to malpractice,» asserted Ken McEwin, a professor of curriculum and instruction at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., and a member of the policy committee of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades RMiddle - Grades RGrades Reform.

That, Klein aides argue, will show that major reforms in lower grades, like the citywide curriculum and the 3rd - and 5th - grade retention policies, will have combined with reforms to middle schools and high schools to produce their desired effects.

National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform The National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform is an alliance of over 60 educators, researchers, national associations, and officers of professional organizations and foundations committed to promoting the academic performance and healthy development of young adolescents.

She is past president of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform, served on AMLE's Research Advisory Committee and This We Believe Revision Committee and the Leadership Council of AERA's Middle Level Education Research SIG.

Chapter 19: The National Forum's Policy Statement on Teacher Preparation The National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform

Building a Lattice for School Leadership: Report focuses on England's school system reforms leading to three leadership levels, including middle - level teachers who take responsibility for teaching and leading in a grade level or cluster, or subject area http://edexcellence.net/publications/building-a-lattice-for-school-leadership

This program supports the reform in middle grades mathematics and science by providing a model for preparing teachers in a way that is consistent with the middle school concept.

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Led by The National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform, our project partners also include the California League of Middle Schools, the Kentucky Middle School Association, and the Center for Prevention Research and Development at the University of Illinois as the project evaluator.

Partnering with the National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform, the grant focuses on pairing literacy and numeracy professional learning for middle - grade teachers in four states (Michigan, North Carolina, Illinois, and CalifoMiddle - Grades Reform, the grant focuses on pairing literacy and numeracy professional learning for middle - grade teachers in four states (Michigan, North Carolina, Illinois, and Califomiddle - grade teachers in four states (Michigan, North Carolina, Illinois, and California).

Schools to Watch ® is an initiative launched by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform in 1999.

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.

The Department of Education through Investing In Innovations (i3) initiative granted funding to the National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform to implement a Middle - Grades Leadership Development process in 2013.

James Encinas teaches fourth grade at Westminster Avenue Elementary School; Kyle Hunsberger teaches math at Cochran Middle School; Michael Stryer, a former Fairfax High School social studies teacher, leads teacher union reform efforts at Future is Now Schools

Each of the six participating Michigan schools receive onsite coaching from IEE and administrators and teacher leaders participate in quarterly network meetings that provide professional learning and networking to support middle - grades reform.

HOPE Foundation News Effective Leadership: National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform Is Partnering with the HOPE Foundation by Deborah Kasak The National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform is delighted to establish a relationship with The HOPE Foundation, and over the upcoming months we will collaborate to spread information about what is working in middle grades schools (grades 5 - 8) across this coMiddle - Grades Reform Is Partnering with the HOPE Foundation by Deborah Kasak The National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform is delighted to establish a relationship with The HOPE Foundation, and over the upcoming months we will collaborate to spread information about what is working in middle grades schools (grades 5 - 8) across this coGrades Reform Is Partnering with the HOPE Foundation by Deborah Kasak The National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform is delighted to establish a relationship with The HOPE Foundation, and over the upcoming months we will collaborate to spread information about what is working in middle grades schools (grades 5 - 8) across this coMiddle - Grades Reform is delighted to establish a relationship with The HOPE Foundation, and over the upcoming months we will collaborate to spread information about what is working in middle grades schools (grades 5 - 8) across this coGrades Reform is delighted to establish a relationship with The HOPE Foundation, and over the upcoming months we will collaborate to spread information about what is working in middle grades schools (grades 5 - 8) across this comiddle grades schools (grades 5 - 8) across this cogrades schools (grades 5 - 8) across this cogrades 5 - 8) across this country.

Speaking with One Voice — A foursome of school reformers with foundation backgrounds nail their statement of principles to the schoolhouse door in this KAPPAN piece subtitled: «A Manifesto for Middle - Grades Reform.»

The National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform recommends that national, state, and local policymakers provide resources and support to create small schools at the middle - grades Middle - Grades Reform recommends that national, state, and local policymakers provide resources and support to create small schools at the middle - grades Grades Reform recommends that national, state, and local policymakers provide resources and support to create small schools at the middle - grades middle - grades grades level.

Figuring It Out: Standards - Based Reforms in Urban Middle Grades by Anne C. Lewis.

After careful deliberation, the National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform has endorsed the following policy statement.

What's Missing in Middle Grades Standards - Based Reform?

The following is a list of important resources on middle - grades reform.

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Safe To Be Smart: Building A Culture for Standards - Based Reform in the Middle Grades.

Anne Wheelock's 1998 book, «Safe to Be Smart: Building a Culture for Standards - Based Reform in the Middle Grades,» now has a study guide, available free at the National Middle School Association website.

Find out about our new leadership curriculum for middle - grades reform The National Forum Resource Directory is now available.

the suspension rates in the middle grades in the 10 Ed - Reform districts (22.3 percent), the Public Charter Schools (26.3 percent), the Endowed Academies (18.5 percent), and the State School Districts (24.3 percent) are substantially greater than the state average (10.1 percent).

Linda is the recipient of the Georgia Middle School Principals» Association John Lounsbury Award, both the President's Award and Outstanding Leadership Award of the Georgia Middle School Association, as well as the National Forum to Accelerate Middle - Grades Reform Outstanding Leadership Award.