Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

Leave No Child Behind in the Middle Grades

Apr 02, 2002

The typical African-American, Latino or low-income 12th grader reads at
the same level as the typical white and non-poor 8th grader. Middle
school students may get a better education now, argues this report from
the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, because the new education law
finally made young adolescents a central focus of federal attention. Here's
an analysis and concrete steps you can take now to use the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act's opportunities to raise achievement for
young adolescent at risk of academic stagnation in the middle grades.
http://www.emcf.org/programs/student/student_pub.htm