I just read an article on the Education Next website that says the current setup for the middle school with grades 5-8 or 6-8 are not conducive to learning and the students are suffering because of it. Students that are in a k-8 setting are doing better than those in a true middle school.
Teaching in a middle school has been interesting and I am teaching in a k-8 school but my sons both attended a true middle school. I have always thought of a true middle school as a holding pen for raging hormones that just need some time to develop before they head to high school but never really considered a k-8 to be any better. I wonder if this will start to change the way we populate our schools?
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