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- Started an effort to reorganize primary and secondary schooling
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- One of the first to advocate for the creation of 6 - 8 schools in order to remove limitations by Carnegie units, create a more stable climate, and recognize earlier onset of puberty
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- Proposed the name change of "junior high school" to "middle school"
- "Father of the Middle School Movement
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- Wrote the first book on promoting the creation of grades 6 - 8 middle schools
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- Published in 1966
- The Middle School by Donald Eichorn
- Attempted to apply Piaget's theories regarding early adolescent development in designing an educational program
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- Involved in the creation of the Midwest Middle School Association in 1970
- Involved in its conversion int the National Middle School Association in 1973
- First president of the National Middle School Association
- On the Professional Preparation Advisory Board that wrote the first national standards for middle school level teacher preparation
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- Published in 1981
- The Exemplary Middle School by Paul S. George and William M. Alexander
- Comprehensive coverage of a middle school including the movement, curriculum development, instructional strategies, alternative grouping methods, planning, evaluation, and leadership roles
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- Published in 1989
- Turning Points: Transforming Middle Schools by Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development
- Strategies for effective middle school classrooms including building classroom communities and connecting schools with their communities
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- Published in 1991
- As I See It by John Lounsbury
- Noted that while comparing middle schools and junior high schools were "alike in actual practice"
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- Published in 2000
- Turning Points 2000 by Anthony Jackson and Gayle Davis
- Builds on Turning Points strategies and outlines research showing why those strategies are successful
- Discusses middle school reform