Reinventing the Middle School

Reinventing the Middle School
Thomas S. Dickinson & Deborah A. Butler
The middle school concept is an ecology of highly complex elements working together simultaneously.

The School and the Child and the Child in the School
Debra Eckerman Pitton
Fear, as much as anything else, may be preventing teachers from inviting young adolescents into their classrooms as partners in learning.

From Turning Points to Transformation Points: A Reinvention Paradigm for Middle Schools
Mary M. Gallagher-Polite
It is time for middle level pioneers to break new ground in thinking about school reinvention.

Envisioning the Arc of Social Justice in Middle Schools 
Janet E. McDaniel, Francisco A. Ríos, Juan Necochea, Laura P. Stowell, & Charlotte Frambaugh Kritzer
Learning environments that promote social justice will protect young adolescents' natural right to learn, to hope, to dream, and to self-determine.

Students, Standards, and Exploration: A Responsive, Relevant, and Engaging Curriculum
P. Elizabeth Pate, Katherine F. Thompson, & Melissa Keyes
In each classroom the curriculum was organized around problems and issues collaboratively identified by students and teachers without regard for subject area.

Profiles in Caring: Teachers Who Create Learning Communities in Their Classrooms
David Strahan, Tracy W. Smith, Mike McElrath, & Cecelia M. Toole
One of the most powerful factors in promoting student accomplishment is the extent to which the classroom is a learning community.

Transformative Organizations for Youth and Adult Learning
Thomas O. Erb
We are learning more and more about the results to expect when we go to the trouble to transform our middle schools into learning communities.

Departments

The Editor Reflects
Tom Erb
Taking Stock

The Journal in Action
Jerome R. Belair & Paul Freeman
Getting It Together

What Research Says
Lucinda M. Wilson & Deborah A. Corpus
The Effects of Reward Systems on Academic Performance

Readers Respond
Joseph Meyers
Likes Human Relations Focus