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May 2009 • Volume 40 • Number 5

Better Futures for Middle Grades Students Begin Today

New Middle Schools for New Futures
Anthony Jackson

Member AccessSeeing the United States Education System Through the Prism of International Comparisons
Andreas Schleicher

Member AccessSix Strategies to Help Young Adolescents at the Tipping Point in Urban Middle Schools
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

Member AccessSeeing the Future of Middle Level Education Requires a Mirror Rather Than a Crystal Ball
Mark A. Springer

Member AccessUsing Self-Assessment to Chart Students' Paths
Margaret Heritage

Deferred but Not Deterred: A Middle School Manifesto
John H. Lounsbury

Member AccessRediscovering Substance of Soul in 21st Century Middle Schools
Tim Tyson

Member AccessMiddle Schools Preparing Young People for 21st Century Life and Work
Ken Kay

Member AccessA Visit to My Junior High School 50 Years Later
John H. Swaim

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The Editor Reflects
Tom Erb
Reviving Middle Grades Education by Returning to Fundamentals

Member AccessTurning Points 2000: Lessons Learned
Jolie Ziomek-Daigle & P. Gayle Andrews
Dropout Prevention in the Middle Grades

Member AccessWhat Research Says
Vincent A. Anfara, Jr.
Changing Times Require a Changing Middle Grades Research Agenda

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Letter from the President
Janet Vernon

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