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Comprehensive
School Reform Models
Aim
at Middle-Grades Results
•
Different Ways of Knowing
Making Middle Grades Work
• Middle
Start
Success
for All Middle School Program
Talent
Development Middle School Model
•
Turning Points
Background
History
Making
Schools Work (MSW) began in 1999 with a grant from
the Office of Education Research and Improvement.
The
Southern Regional Education Board was implementing
two whole school reform models—High
Schools that Work led by Gene Bottoms and Making
Middle Grades Matter (now called Making
Middle Grades Work) led by Sondra Cooney. Making
Schools Work takes these two models and applies them
to a high school and its feeder middle schools in
rural areas. NAEP data from 16 SREB member states
show the largest gap in achievement exists at the
eighth grade in rural areas. A special focus of MSW
is the transition between middle grades and high schools.
Schools
Served
In
the 2002-03 school year, MSW will implement its model
in 72 school clusters in 16 states for a total of
166 schools. MSW serves schools in the following states:
Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Ohio,
West Virginia,Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia,
and Idaho. In the 2003-04 school year, MSW will add
8 more clusters totaling 15 new schools for a final
count of 181 schools served.
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