Middle Schoolers Getting Prepped for College
Education Week Article By Nora Fleming
INCREASING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES:
Federal, State and District Actions for Middle-Grades Success
The Forum held a convening on October 17, 2011 at the Capitol Visitors Center which addressed what federal, state and local policies can do to make high performing middle grades schools academically excellent, developmentally responsive, and socially equitable examples of schools where each student is prepared to succeed in high school and beyond.
Education Daily Article
Presenters Included: (Click on Presenter Name to view their PowerPoint)
Robert Balfanz, Co-Director Everyone Graduates Center and Researh Scientist, Center for Social Organization of Schools, John Hopkins University.
Frank Stetson, Chief School Performance Officer, Montgomery County Public Schools-MD
Donald Evans, Associate Superintendent of Secondary Schools, Compton Unfied School District-CA
Brenda Welburn, Executive Director, National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
Ryan Reyna, Program Director of the Education Division, National Govenor's Association (NGA)
Linda Pittenger, Network Director of Next Generation Learners, Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
Round Table Discussions were held with some of our school attendees after the convening by the US Dept of Education. Read Summary
This American Life takes a look at MIDDLE SCHOOL. Listen here
Spotlight Webcast: New Report on 8th-Grade Achievement
Contrary to the perception that 8th-grade achievement is stagnating, a new analysis by the Center on Education Policy (CEP) finds upward trends in reading and math test scores in most states.
Jack Jennings, President and CEO for the Center on Education Policy and Deborah Kasak, executive director, The National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform join Spotlight's Jodie Levin-Epstein in discussing the report's findings and the impact on low-income students and children of color.
Entire Webcast
Webcast Clips
September 2011
After Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott delivered his first education policy speech on strengthening middle schools in New York City on Tuesday, SchoolBook reached out to Deborah Kasak, the executive director of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform, to find out if the chancellor’s plans were on target. Read more...
December 2010
EducationNext recently published several articles on the middle grades and Gayle Andrews, as our president, was invited to write a response to those articles. Read her response