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Author Yecke, Cheri Pierson, 1955-

Title The war against excellence : the rising tide of mediocrity in America's middle schools / Cheri Pierson Yecke ; foreword by William J. Bennett
Edition 1st Rowman & Littlefield Education ed
Published Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 267 pages)
Contents Preface -- Prologue -- Introduction -- The Growth of the Middle School Movement -- Middle School Curriculum -- Ability Grouping -- Cooperative Learning -- Peer Tutoring -- Analysis of Beliefs and Driving Convictions -- Activist Implementation -- Ethical Considerations -- Implications for the 21st Century
Summary The War against Excellence provides a chronology of the middle school movement, including its shift away from academics, and proposes solutions to this rising tide of mediocrity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260) and index
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Subject Gifted children -- Education (Middle school) -- United States
Middle schools -- United States -- History
EDUCATION -- Special Education -- Gifted.
Gifted children -- Education (Middle school)
Middle schools
Begabung
Kind
Middle school
United States
USA
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781461655152
1461655153
1299384684
9781299384682