Throughout the school tours, we make reference to a number of programs and resources that may be of interest to middle-grades educators. We have listed the resources that have accompanying websites on this page, organizing them by the school in which they were referenced. We have also included links to sites that provide additional information about the local context in which the schools function.

Barren County Middle School

Freeport Intermediate School

Jefferson Middle School

Thurgood Marshall Middle School

Barren County Middle School

• 21st Century Community Learning Centers
• Barren County School District
• Barren County-Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
• City of Glasgow, Kentucky
• Collaborative for Teaching and Learning
• Different Ways of Knowing (an approach to systemic reform developed by the Galef Institute)
• "Engineering a Middle School's Turnaround" from the Journal of Staff Development
• Kentucky Department of Education
• Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS)
• Long-Term Accountability Growth Chart and Trend Data from the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (PDF file)
• Mammoth Cave National Park
• Partnership for Kentucky Schools
• "Schooled in 'Purposeful Fun'" from Education Week
• School Report Card from the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System

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Freeport Intermediate School

• Brazosport Independent School District
• Center for Educational Renewal (co-founded by John Goodlad)
• City of Freeport, Texas
• Creative Education Institute
• Freeport Intermediate School Website
• Policy Brief: The High Stakes of High-Stakes Testing (published by WestEd)
• "Put to the Test" from Education Week
• Student Assessment Division of the Texas Education Agency
• W. Edwards Deming (includes 14 Points for Management)
• "What if there were no TAAS?" (transcript of remarks by Hayes Mizell)

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Jefferson Middle School

• America Reads Challenge
• Association of Illinois Middle-Level Schools
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
• Center for Problem-Based Learning
• Champaign Unit 4 School District
• City of Champaign, Illinois
• Jefferson Middle School Website
• Illinois Learning Standards
• Meadowbrook Prairie
• Profile as a Blue Ribbon School

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Thurgood Marshall Middle School

• Annenberg Foundation K-12 Challenge Grant Program
• Association of Illinois Middle-Level Schools
• Bulls Scholars Program
• Chicago Public Schools
• City of Chicago
• Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)
• Illinois Accelerated Schools Initiative
• "Single-Gender Classes: Are They Better?" from Education World
• Youth Guidance

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