Changing middle schools : how to make schools work for young adolescent /
Ames, Nancy. L.
Changing middle schools : how to make schools work for young adolescent / Nancy L. Ames, Edward Miller. - USA : Jossey- Bass, 1994. - xxvii, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Many young adolescents - children ages ten to fourteen - bring to school powerful feelings of anger, helplessness, and despair. The first indications of risky behavior and maladaptive patterns of achievement often appear during these middle school years. Schools designed to meet the intellectual, social, and emotional needs of this age group can make an enormous difference to high-risk youth, yet there is widespread
9780787900069
Middle schools --United States--Case studies.
Education, Urban --United States--Case studies.
Educational change --United States--Case studies.
373.2136 AME
Changing middle schools : how to make schools work for young adolescent / Nancy L. Ames, Edward Miller. - USA : Jossey- Bass, 1994. - xxvii, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Many young adolescents - children ages ten to fourteen - bring to school powerful feelings of anger, helplessness, and despair. The first indications of risky behavior and maladaptive patterns of achievement often appear during these middle school years. Schools designed to meet the intellectual, social, and emotional needs of this age group can make an enormous difference to high-risk youth, yet there is widespread
9780787900069
Middle schools --United States--Case studies.
Education, Urban --United States--Case studies.
Educational change --United States--Case studies.
373.2136 AME