New+York+Times+Jan.2007

From the New York Times EDUCATION | January 22, 2007

Taking Middle Schoolers Out of the Middle
By ELISSA GOOTMAN Schools debate whether to extend the nurturing cocoon of elementary school or to rush students into high school.

Read this article. You can find it in the library or use the link below. Write a two-paragraph posting about it. It should be well-written without grammar, punctuation, or spelling errors. You can write it in a word processor and then copy and paste it into the blog.

In the first paragraph, summarize the debate and the two opposing views. In the second paragraph, tell which side of the debate you stand, or if you're not sure yet, then muse about where you don't stand. Back up your opinion. Be sure to consider how it will impact you as a teacher in one of these schools (whether you teach the middle schoolers or not, it will impact you).


 * Title your posting:** NYT Middle School Article
 * Label your posting:** QR, Current Events [you should end up with two labels: "QR" is one label and "Current Events" is the other]

NOTE: After a certain period of time, the New York Times will move an article to archives and you have to log in as a member and pay for the article. Here is a service that captures the article before it goes to archives and makes it available: http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2007/01/taking_middle_s.php If you're having trouble getting to the article, send dr.theresa an email well before the deadline for posting and she will suggest another alternative.mailto:theresa.overall@maine.edu