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Volume 22(1) Winter 2007

From the Editor Welcome to the new online Journal David Strahan Feature Section: Schools to Watch in North Carolina Schools to Watch as a Tool to Improve School and Classroom Practice Ronald Williamson Recognizing and Celebrating Success: "Puttin' on the Ritz" at Ashe County Middle School Bobby Ashley Schools to Watch as a Template for Growth at Durant Road Middle School Bob Smith The Challenge to Remain Unique at South Charlotte Middle School Christine Waggonner and Lisa Cline Practical Strategies & Research Are Our Middle Schools Customer-Friendly? 10 Points to Ponder Mary B. Martin, Mark W. Mitchell, and Linda Kight Winter The Color Slides of Writing: Multigenre Research in Action Diane O. Howdeshell This We Believe in Action: Teaching Middle Grades Teacher Preparation Classes on Site Cecilia M. Toole The Search for Significance: Leadership Lessons Learned from the Field Mark L'Esperance and Vernon Farrington Revisiting the Battle of the Books Links to Literacy, a feature column by Johnna Faulconer, East Carolina University

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Volume 23(1) Winter 2008

Feature Section: Young Adolescent Literacy Development Advisor Advisee in the Language Arts Classroom Nancy B. Ruppert Why Are We Reading? Merry Boggs Bookclubs: Supporting Reluctant Readers at Asheville Middle School Melissa Hedt and Jessy Kronenberg Using Poetry to Teach the Holocaust: Rationale and Strategies for the Middle Level Learner Cindy Wilson and Brian B. Kahn Boys and Books: Encouraging Middle School Males to Read Johna Faulconer, Jessica Grant and Melissa Matsevich Links to Literacy, a feature column Literacy Leadership: What Principals Need to Know Johna Faulconer Practical Strategies & Research Sharing Power with Students: The Democratic, Differentiated Classroom Sheryn Waterman Lessons from the Gap Closers: The Middle School Philosophy in Urban Schools Tarra D. Ellis We are all in this together Integrating the Computer/Technology Skills into Your Curriculum Gordon Toudt Strengthening Middle Level Education through Leadership Coaching: Helping Middle School Leaders Survive and Flourish in Critical Times Vernon Farrington Preparing preservice teachers for their first year Focus on Teacher Education, a feature column by Jeannine Jones, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Call for Manuscripts for Fall 2008

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Volume 24(1) Winter 2009

FROM THE EDITOR- THIS EDITION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MIDDLE SCHOOL JOURNAL: CONTINUING EFFORTS TO CLOSE THE "KNOWING-DOING GAP" David Strahan SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 2008 SCHOOLS TO WATCH Kristin Menickelli EFFECTIVE SCHOOL RESEARCH: TEACHERS’ AND ADMINISTRATORS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ITS EXISTENCE ON CAMPUS Vance Vaughn, Peggy B. Gill, and Ross Sherman WARM UPS: A BRAIN STRETCHER OR A BRAIN SLEEPER? Judith McDonald UNIVERSALS OF CULTURE: A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING UNITY AND UNIQUENESS MaryAnn Davies, Brenda Wheat CROSSING BORDERS: HELPING PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS TO CONFRONT DIFFERENCES Russell Binkley REDESIGNING THE MIDDLE-SCHOOL CLASSROOM: FIVE EASY STEPS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ GRADES AND DECORUM Rita Dunn and Karen Burke HOW TO TEACH STUDENTS TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES: STUDENTS AS DECISION-MAKERS Holly Thornton Focus on Literacy KEEPING CURRENT WITH ADOLESCENT LITERATURE Johna Faulconer JUST WHO ARE THESE KIDS I’M TEACHING? AN IMMERSION IN YOUNG ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT Jeanneine P. Jones Call for Manuscripts for Fall 2009