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Peer reviewedHouts, Paul L.; Zakariya, Sally Banks – National Elementary Principal, 1980
Students between the ages of 10-14 are going through tremendous physical changes and shifting from great dependence on parents to a strong sense of independence. Building an interdisciplinary curriculum around these students' needs, taught by teaching teams in schools administered at the site level, can prove very successful. (Author/PGD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Decentralization, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Zakariya, Sally Banks – Principal, 1981
Describes the founding of Washington, D.C.'s Brookland School, a preschool-to-grade-eight facility that embodies the middle school philosophy. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adolescents, Communications, Educational Innovation
