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Allen, Harvey A. – Clearing House, 1980
The author asserts that, in both the junior high school movement and the more recent middle school movement, the ninth grade was considered expendable. He suggests that it is time to resolve the bothersome questions as to whether the ninth grade belongs in the junior or senior high school. (SJL)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Grade 9, Instructional Program Divisions, Junior High Schools