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Subtitle: Strategies for Leading Middle Level Reform. Report details nine cornerstone strategies and 30 specific recommendations for improving student achievement. Provides middle level principals and other school leaders with a field guide to school improvement. It includes four full-length profiles and a number of vignettes of schools that put the report's recommendations into action. The nine strategies are concentrated in three key areas: 1. Collaborative leadership, professional learning communities and strategic use of data; 2. Personalizing the school environment; and 3. Creating rigorous student-centered curriculum, instruction, and assessment. | |