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Charles Eliot
Charles Eliot launched an effort to reorganize primary and secondary schooling. Read more: Middle Schools - The Emergence of Middle Schools, Growth and Maturation of the Middle School Movement - Grades, Teachers, Students, and Junior - StateUniversity.com http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2229/Middle-Schools.html#ixzz4vPlHRzdF -
Growth of Junior High Schools
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Alvin Howard
"Alvin Howard became one of the first to advocate the creation of a 6–8 school that would remove the limitations imposed by Carnegie units, have a more stable school climate than a 7–8 school" Read more: Middle Schools - The Emergence of Middle Schools, Growth and Maturation of the Middle School Movement - Grades, Teachers, Students, and Junior - StateUniversity.com http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2229/Middle-Schools.html#ixzz4vPt6002t -
William Alexander
Introduced the concept that junior high schools be changed to middle schools and be designed to be more responsive to the needs and interests of young adolescents at an address to Cornell University. -
William Alexander and Emmett Williams
Together they recommended the creation of grade 5–8 middle schools featuring interdisciplinary teaming, small learning communities, a teacher advisory program, and special learning centers Read more: Middle Schools - The Emergence of Middle Schools, Growth and Maturation of the Middle School Movement - Grades, Teachers, Students, and Junior - StateUniversity.com http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2229/Middle-Schools.html#ixzz4vPxuodjJ -
Donald Eichorn
Was a school district superintendent, wrote the first full book promoting the creation of 6–8 middle schools Read more: Middle Schools - The Emergence of Middle Schools, Growth and Maturation of the Middle School Movement - Grades, Teachers, Students, and Junior - StateUniversity.com http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2229/Middle-Schools.html#ixzz4vQ19oMVY -
This We Believe
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Turning Points: Educating Adolescents in the 21st Century
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Caught in the Middle
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Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century
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Turning Points 2000: A Blue Print for Middle Grades Education
