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Books and Articles
Kristen C. Wilcox and Janet I. Angelis, (2009)
Best Practices from High-Performing Middle Schools - How Successful Schools Remove Obstacles and Create Pathways to Learning.
Why is it that many students' performance tends to drop in the middle school years, and what can we do about it? This book tells the stories of educators who embody best practices in their day-to-day activities-practices that consistently lead to higher student academic achievement. The authors share what they have learned about how some middle schools consistently foster better academic performance than other similar schools. These schools have learned to successfully adapt to the climate of accountability while practicing the essentials of effective middle-level education.
Janet I. Angelis (2008)
Higher-Performing Middle Schools in New York State Build Teachers' Instructional, Curricular, and Leadership Capacities through Collaboration. In Transition (Journal of the New York State Middle School Association), 25(3), pp. 35-38.
Wilcox, K. C., & Baker, L. (2006)
What works in best practice research: Methodological approaches toward the study of best practices in elementary schools. In Ethnographic and Qualitative Research in Education (Vol. 2). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press.