TY - GEN T1 - Focus on the wonder years : challenges facing the American middle school A2 - Juvonen, Jaana LA - English PP - Santa Monica, CA PB - Rand YR - 2004 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm55204079 AB - Young teens undergo multiple changes that seem to set them apart from other students. But do middle schools actually meet their special needs? The authors describe some of the challenges and offer ways to tackle them, such as reassessing the organization of grades K-12; specifically assisting the students most in need; finding ways to prevent disciplinary problems; and helping parents understand how they can help their children learn at home. OP - 155 NO - "Prepared for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation." NO - "RAND Education." NO - Errata slip included. CN - LB1623.5 .F62 2004eb SN - 0833036157 SN - 9780833036155 SN - 1282451367 SN - 9781282451360 SN - 9786612451362 SN - 661245136X SN - 0833033905 SN - 9780833033901 KW - Middle schools : United States. KW - Middle school education : United States. KW - Écoles moyennes : États-Unis. KW - Enseignement moyen : États-Unis. KW - EDUCATION : Secondary. KW - EDUCATION : Educational Policy & Reform : General. KW - Middle school education KW - Middle schools KW - United States KW - Middle school KW - USA ER -