"Provides a perfect blend of practical guidance and grand vision, looking with hope toward a day when the developmental needs of all children are met."
–Dr. James P. Comer, Yale Child Study Center

Carnegie Corporation’s landmark 1989 report, Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century, focused national attention on the long-neglected needs of adolescent youth. In the following decade, hundreds of middle grades schools implemented Turning Points principles and many others adopted similar and complementary measures. Based on these experiences, Turning Points 2000 refines the ideas contained in the original report by blending the wisdom of both the latest research and the best practice.

This seminal volume:

• Synthesizes crucial lessons
• Bridges the gap between education researchers and practitioners by translating a wealth of recent research into practical guidance
• Signals a new generation of thinking about middle grades education
• Directly confronts critical questions such as how heterogeneously grouped (i.e., untracked) students can be successfully educated