Middle Web
Middle Web provides a wealth of resources for schools, districts, educators, parents, and public school advocates working to raise achievement for all students in the middle grades.
National Middle School Association -NMSA
NMSA is the only national education association dedicated exclusively to the growth of middle level education. NMSA welcomes and provides support to anyone interested in the health and education of young adolescents.
Southern Regional Education Board
This partnership allows participating schools to receive intensive assistance in data-based decision-making processes, program evaluation, curriculum alignment, instructional planning, and professional development. Kentucky participates in two initiatives with SREB's member states and partner school districts to raise the achievement of middle grade students.
Making Middle Grades Work Consortium
The goal of this consortium is to raise the academic achievement of all middle grade students. Technical assistance visits help school leaders and teachers identify changes needed to improve student achievement in the middle grades by implementing a comprehensive improvement framework, which includes comprehensive planning.
Making Schools Work Consortium
The goal of the initiative is to work with clusters of high schools and their feeder middle grades to raise student achievement in rural areas. MSW seeks to accelerate academic achievement in middle grades and high school by changing what students are taught; how they are taught; when they are taught certain academic subjects; how teachers relate to students, other teachers, and parents; and how teachers receive support.
Kentucky Schools To Watch
The Kentucky Schools To Watch program is being implemented in Kentucky this year and is modeled after and affiliated with the the National Schools to Watch Program sponsored by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform.
Here you can find information about Kentucky's program and links to other Schools To Watch (STW) programs.
The Middle School House
The Center for Middle School Academic Achievement is a statewide collaborative project between Eastern Kentucky University and Murray State University. Its purpose is to improve the subject knowledge and instructional practice of middle school teachers through the coordination of professional development programs, provision of technical assistance, and dissemination of information and research regarding effective teaching.
Kentucky Middle School Association
KMSA works to promote and support middle level education across the Commonwealth.
National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform
The Forum identifies and disseminates best practices, articulates and promotes effective policies, recognizes and develops enlightened leadership, and informs and engages the public in middle grades reform.
National Schools To Watch
The National Forum identifies schools that are academically excellent, responsive to the developmental challenges of young adolescents, and socially equitable, with high expectations for all students.
Different Ways of Knowing
Different Ways of Knowing is an adaptable, research-based, field-validated school improvement partner elementary, middle and high schools.
The Collaborative for Teaching and Learning
A nonprofit educational organization dedicated to helping schools and other organizations meet the needs of all learners-children and adults.
National Gear Up
A discretionary grant program designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.
Gear Up Kentucky
GEAR UP Kentucky is a program that encourages young people to stay in school, study hard, and take the right courses to go to college.
National Association for Secondary School Principals
NASSP has an online community for principals, assistant principals and aspiring principals.