MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION

Middle School Education

Middle School Education

Yecke, C. (2005). Mayhem in the middle: How middle schools have failed America and how to make them work. Washington, DC: Fordham Institute.

Theme of Article

Middle schoolism” as “an approach to educating children in the middle grades (usually grades 5-8), popularized in the latter half of the 20th century (Yecke, 2005). The middle schools concept emerged in the early 1960's. The practice of middle schools started in 1970's and that changed the interest of the nation. The number of years of compulsory education increased in the United States the junior high school served as a ...