Chapter 1: Turning Points: A Decade Later

In chapter was all about why the Turning Points study was originally done as well as the outcome. The chapter then goes on to discuss the outcome of the study, and what to do about the results. From this study Turning Points offered eight essential principles for improving middle grades education. A couple of these are families are allied with school staff through mutual respect, trust, and communication and schools and communities are partners in educating young adolescents. This chapter says "It focuses on the characteristics and needs of young adolescents. It creates a community of adults and young people embedded in networks of support and responsibility..." I liked that this study was done as well as the outcomes of it. The results and the proposed action steps are what we should have been doing the whole time.