Middle Schools

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This paper looks at the problems that exist in today's middle schools. The paper relates that middle schools need to use strategies that will help the early adolescent adjust from elementary school to the middle schools, as well as teach strategies that will help the students be successful in high school.

Outline:
History of Junior High Schools and Middle Schools
Looking at Middle Schools
Changes Middle Schools Need to Be Successful

From the Paper:

"Why were middle schools created? What are the problems in middle schools? Educators must address these important questions. Thomas Dickinson and Deborah Butler state that the basic concept of middle schools is that of "a school for young adolescents that was based on their developmental needs..." (7). Students who enter the sixth grade are more mature than elementary students; however, the reasoning was that they were not ready to enter high school. It is important to consider this concept of middle schools, as well as the problems that exist in today's middle schools, in the effort to find solutions that will make middle schools successful."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Banks, Ron. Middle School. (2003). Oct. 2, 2006. <http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/poptopics/middle.html>.
• Dickinson, Thomas & Butler, Deborah A. "Reinventing the Middle School." Middle School Journal 33.1 (Sept 2001), 7-14.
• Lounsbury, John H. "Key Characteristics of Middle Schools." (Nov. 1996). Oct. 2, 2006. <http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1996/louns96.html>.

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