Affirming Middle Grades Education Book

	Preface
Sect. I	The Adolescent and the Middle Grades - Introduction	1
1	Early Adolescent Development	5
2	A Middle Grades Teacher Advisory System for At-Risk Students	17
3	The Excluded Middle: Postmodern Conceptions of the Middle School	26
4	Morally Responsive Teaching	38
Sect. II	Organization of Middle Schools - Introduction	61
5	Leadership, Organization, and the Middle School	65
6	Interdisciplinary and Interthematic Curriculum Designs	79
7	Building a Sense of Community in Middle Level Schools	93
8	Developing Teams: Good News for Teachers	109
Sect. III	Practices in the Middle Grades - Introduction	127
9	Language Arts in the Middle Grades	129
10	Talent Development in the Middle School	145
11	With Art at the Heart of Writing	170
12	Social Studies in the Middle Grades: The Story of an Emerging Team	182
13	Integrating Technology in the Middle School	191
14	Parent Involvement	204
15	Wuz Up?	218
	Index	231