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Looking Back To Look Forward: An Interview With John Swaim On The Making Of This We Believe, Nancy B. Ruppert, John Swaim
Looking Back To Look Forward: An Interview With John Swaim On The Making Of This We Believe, Nancy B. Ruppert, John Swaim
Current Issues in Middle Level Education
In the early 1980s, John Swaim was the president of the NMSA Board of Trustees. John Lounsbury, then editor of The Middle School Journal, collaborated with John Swaim and the Board of Trustees to commission the writing of the original document, This We Believe. In the spring of 2020 [Author] contacted John Swaim to tell the story of how This We Believe was conceived. They collaborated using an interview format. The most recent version of The Successful Middle School: This we believe (Bishop & Harrison, 2021) was also recorded with input from leaders in middle level education providing preservice and …
The Evolving Middle School Concept: This We (Still) Believe, Lisa Harrison, Penny A. Bishop
The Evolving Middle School Concept: This We (Still) Believe, Lisa Harrison, Penny A. Bishop
Current Issues in Middle Level Education
The Successful Middle School builds upon many decades of commitment to the middle school concept. The fifth edition of AMLE’s landmark position paper amplifies the importance of responding both to young adolescents’ developmental needs and to their social identities. The edition’s release amidst a global pandemic and increasing protests against racial injustice reminds us that responding to the full diversity of student experience is not optional. It is critical to helping young adolescents--and indeed the world--to thrive, now and in the future.