Relaxed Intensity
A nontraditional style that focuses on flexible scheduling, professional development, and personnel issues transforms a middle level school. (ML edition)
By Kyle Ramey

Present Imperfect
The key to protecting the educational future of middle level students lies in rediscovering the past. (ML edition)
By By Alfred Arth, Anne Ashford, Jaynellen Behre Jenkins, Jim Burns, Tom Kane, Kenneth Mitchell, David A. Shepard, Conrad Toepfer, and Kathleen Wheeler

The Vision of Middle Level Reform: A Conversation With Deborah Kasak

The new executive director of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform spoke with Princinal Leadership on the forum's vision of the middle level school and its promise to gather a variety of middle level organizations to speak with one voice. By John R. Nori

The Future of Middle Level Reform
A conversation with the authors of Turning Points 2000.

Organizing Schools into Small Learning Communities
Small learning communities require accommodations from all school stakeholders. This article describes the reorganization efforts of two middle level and two high schools in rural and urban environments into small learning communities. Routine collaborative problem-solving and learning processes are needed to carry the long-term burden of developing structures and practices that challenge taken-for-granted organizational values and assumptions.
By Diana Oxley

Defining the Middle Ground
Neshannock Junior/Senior High School proves that a true middle level education is possible in a 7-12 building.
By Nicholas Perry (ML edition)