There’s been a series of articles recently about middle school. The Los Angeles Times has a report about a movement in LA to move sixth grade back into Elementary Schools.
Los Angeles Unified began shifting sixth grade from elementary schools in the late 1980s when junior highs nationwide were converted to the sixth- through eighth-grade middle school model. At the time, educators said moving sixth-graders to a campus with seventh- and eighth-graders was better for them developmentally. By 1997, all L.A. Unified elementary schools had sent their sixth grades to middle schools.
In England a study reports that fining parents for truant students doesn’t work.
The NY Times has a report this morning about APEX a network of tutors for immigrant Asian American students.
