Product Description: "Making the Most of Middle School" begins by explaining what adolescents need and what makes them tick. The aim is to empower parents to advocate for the very best education for their children. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Offers advice and tips to educators on how to improve the learning experience of children during their adolescent years through leadership initiatives, organization, and instruction.

Product Description: Carnegie Corporation's landmark 1989 report, Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century, focused national attention on the long-neglected needs of adolescent youth. In the following decade, hundreds of middle grades schools implemented Turning Points principles and many others adopted similar and complementary measures...read more

Offers advice and tips to educators on how to improve the learning experience of children during their adolescent years through leadership initiatives, organization, and instruction. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Presents a variety of alternative strategies for improving racial and ethnic relations and reducing intolerance and discrimination. The authors, who are some of the most thoughtful scholars in the field, include a five-part plan of action and techniques to assess the effectiveness of each strategy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)