Making Big Schools Feel Small: Multiage Grouping, Looping, and Schools-Within-a-School

by Paul S. George and John H. Lounsbury
St. Thomas Library (via Minitex), paperback, 112 pages

I was looking for information on looping in middle schools and so thankful I found this book! It looked at a number of middle schools across the country which have tried some of these methods of making large schools seem smaller. The evidence for these programs is overwhelmingly positive on many levels. The last part of the book ends with surveys from teachers, students, and parents. It's interesting that parents were least positive about the results and their number one concern had to do with students getting stuck with a "bad" teacher more than one year in a row. Interesting!

This will go on my professional shelf at PRMS, if I can find a copy!