Public-school foundations are generally not expected to provide a substantial portion of their school district's budget. The most successful school foundations use fund raising to build bridges between schools and the community-particularly with nonparents and organizations with no direct connections with schools. Their support is indispensable.…

The future of middle-school education demands a response to contemporary challenges, not simple repetition of once-innovative initiatives. To survive, the maturing middle-school movement must abandon orthodoxy, embrace choice, accept accountability, appreciate student diversity, discuss achievement issues, modify curricular and instructional…