1st Edition

Successful Schools for Young Adolescents

By Joan Lipsitz Copyright 1984
238 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

At a time when the public, researchers, and policymakers are losing confidence in public schooling, this presentation of case studies of four schools offers solutions and concrete models of diverse ways in which excellence can be attained in middle-grade schools. Asking what "effectiveness" means for the young adolescent age group (a hitherto unexplored area in research literature), how effective... Read more
Part I Expanding the Definition of Effectiveness, Part II Case Studies of Successful Middle-Grade Schools, Part III Recurrent Themes in Successful Middle-Grade Schools.

Biography

Joan Lipsitz