Turning points 2000 : educating adolescents in the 21st century, Anthony W. Jackson and Gayle A. Davis ; with Maud Abeel and Anne Bordonaro ; foreword by David A. Hamburg

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Turning points 2000 : educating adolescents in the 21st century, Anthony W. Jackson and Gayle A. Davis ; with Maud Abeel and Anne Bordonaro ; foreword by David A. Hamburg

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educating adolescents in the 21st century

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Anthony W. Jackson and Gayle A. Davis ; with Maud Abeel and Anne Bordonaro ; foreword by David A. Hamburg

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• Turning points 2000 : educating adolescents in the 21st century

Publication

• New York, Teachers College Press, ©2000

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• "A report of Carnegie Corporation of New York."
• Rev. ed. of: Turning points : preparing American youth for the 21st century : the report of the Task Force on Education of Young Adolescents

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-249) and index

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Contents

Foreword -- David a. Hamburg -- Preface -- Acknowledgments: Turning points: decade later -- Turning points and middle grades school reform -- Early adolescence: opportunities and risks -- Core values of turning points 2000 -- Turning points 2000: purpose, process, and plan -- Turning points 2000: a design for improving middle grades education -- Turning points 2000 recommendations -- Design system -- Caution: no half measures -- Ensuring success for every student -- Curriculum and assessment to improve teaching and learning -- Standards and curriculum: the starting points of backward design -- Assessment: the midpoint of backward design -- Conclusion -- Designing instruction to improve teaching and learning -- Instruction's key connections -- Equity and excellence -- Three models for organizing instruction -- Our recommendations for organizing instruction -- Technology as a resource for instruction Instructional reform and broad-based intervention for language minority students -- Special focus: teaching reading in middle grades schools -- Expert teachers for middle grades schools: pre-service preparation and professional development: Pre-service preparation of middle grades teachers -- Content and structure of pre-service programs -- Middle grades teacher licensure/certification: is it necessary? -- Mentoring and induction programs for middle grades teachers -- Professional development -- Bottom line -- Organizing relationships for learning -- Smaller is better -- Team approach -- Creating and sustaining effective teams -- Team roles and responsibilities -- What effective teams do -- Advisory -- Conclusion -- Democratic governance to improve student learning -- Leadership team, inquiry groups, and student involvement -- Functions of the leadership team -- School principal-key leadership roles -- Developing district capacity to support middle school change -- Conclusion -- Safe and healthy school environment -- Healthy learning environment -- Health-promoting school -- Health services -- Conclusion -- Involving parents and communities -- Parent involvement to improve student learning -- Linking adolescent learning to community resources -- Schools, family, and community: a strong foundation -- Taking action: challenges and opportunities -- Teaching and learning -- Relationships, collaboration, and decision making -- Community connections -- Final reflections: on excellence and equity -- References -- Index -- About the authors -- About the turning points national network

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44268006

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26 cm

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xvi, 267 pages

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9780807739969

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(pbk. : alk. paper)

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00044333

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