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Comprehensive
School Reform Models
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at Middle-Grades Results •
Different
Ways of Knowing
Making Middle Grades Work •
Making Schools Work
• Middle
Start
Success
for All Middle School Program
Talent Development Middle School Model
Background
History
Turning
Points is a design for middle school change, supported
by the Carnegie Corporation and New American Schools,
focused on restructuring and improving student learning
based on the seminal Turning Points report
issued by the Carnegie Corporation in 1989.
Carnegie
Corporation gave the Center for Collaborative Education
in Boston its full endorsement as the one Turning
Points model emerging from its 10-year research effort.
In the fall of 1999, Turning Points became the first
new New American Schools design since its inception
in 1991, through a rigorous review process based on
their newly created Standards for Design-Based Assistance.
Turning
Points middle schools commit to a multiyear, systemic
change process based on seven principles (Jackson
and Davis, Turning Points 2000):
- Teach
a curriculum grounded in rigorous, public academic
standards for what students should know and be able
to do, relevant to the concerns of adolescents and
based on how students learn best.
- Use
instructional methods designed to prepare all students
to achieve high standards and become lifelong learners.
- Staff
middle grade schools with teachers who are expert
at teaching young adolescents, and engage teachers
in ongoing, targeted professional development opportunities.
- Organize
relationships for learning to create a climate of
intellectual development and a caring community
of shared educational purpose.
- Govern
democratically through direct or representative
participation by all school staff members, the adults
who know students best.
- Provide
a safe and healthy school environment as part of
improving academic performance and developing caring
and ethical citizens.
- Involve
parents and communities in supporting student learning
and healthy development.
Schools
Served
Currently
71 schools in 13 states—Colorado, Florida, Idaho,
Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, North
Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Vermont and Wisconsin—are implementing the Turning
Points model.
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