Smaller Schools and Districts

Tag: K-8

  • The Middle School Plunge

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    Seth Cox

    More research about The Middle School Plunge reveals: “Our results cast serious doubt on the wisdom of the middle-school experiment that has become such a prominent feature of American education.” “entering a middle school causes a sharp drop in student achievement relative to the performance of those remaining in K–8 schools” “After three years in a middle…

  • New York Leaps into the Middle School Trap : Education Next

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    Seth Cox

    New York Leaps into the Middle School Trap : Education Next “In the specific year when students move to a middle school (or to a junior high), their academic achievement, as measured by standardized tests, falls substantially in both math and English relative to that of their counterparts who continue to attend a K–8 elementary…

  • 7-12 Secondary schools instead of jr. highs

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    Seth Cox

    Jr. highs have proven to be the worst time of a student’s public school experience. That’s when kids are most likely to take a nose dive in either behavior or academics. Many people have just written it off to hormones! While that makes things harder, the configurations of middle schools and jr. highs play a…