Dannette Woody Timeline

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  • Charles Eliot

    launched efforts to reorganize primary and secondary schooling

  • Alvin Howard

    advocated for creation of 6-8 schools instead of 7-8 schools

  • William Alexander and Emmett Williams

    recommended creation of 5-8 middle schools

  • Donald Eichorn

    wrote the first full book promoting the creation of 6-8 middle schools

  • William Alexander

    wrote that most new middle schools displayed "limited progress toward the objectives of the middle school movement"

  • This We Believe

    NMSA. Expressed basics for supportive school and classroom environments

  • Caught In the Middle

    Recognized that middle grades were important to dropout prevention

  • Turning Points

    Carnegie Council. Suggested effective classroom practices

  • Middle Schools Under Siege

    James Beane. Encouraged schools to focus on research

  • Turning Points 2000

    Anthony Jackson and Gayle Davis. Suggests that implementation of needed middle school reforms has not gone far enough