Visit Excellent Middle
Schools On the Web
The National Forum to Accelerate
Middle-Grades Reform welcomes visitors to take online tours
featuring excellent middle-grades schools. "For those interested in seeing innovative successful
schools in action but who do not have the time or travel budget
for a national tour, this cyber tour is the way to go," said
Deborah Kasak, executive director of the Forum. The virtual
tour (www.schoolstowatch.org/visit.htm) is a feature of the
Schools to Watch program, launched in 1999 as a national program
to identify middle-grades schools that are not only academically
excellent, developmentally responsive, and socially equitable,
but also have the organizational supports to sustain the school's
success.
"It's not difficult to find schools that excel in one
area or another but it's challenging to find schools that excel
across the board," said Joan Lipsitz, Chair of the Forum's
Schools to Watch Committee.#
The National Forum co-sponsors the Schools to Watch program
with the National Association of Elementary School Principals,
National Association of Secondary School Principals, National
Middle School Association, and National Staff Development Council.
