A Day in the Life of a First-Year Teacher

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Middle school grade configurations: K-8 or 6-8?

As my readers would know, I teach 8th grade math in New York City. Recently, education experts, professors, teachers and the community have started to debate about whether middle school should be included in the K-8 grade levels or the 6-8 grade level. My school in the Bronx is a 6-8 school. Today during my lunch period, I came accross this article in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/18/the-middle-school-conundrum

Read the debate and tell me what you think!

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