Middle Schoolers Do Better in K-8 Setting; Mps Study Likely to Fuel Debate Over 2 Approaches

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Suspensions are down. Test scores and attendance are up. And many people are happier.

So concludes a first-of-its-kind report in Milwaukee on how sixth- through eighth graders are faring in the school district's rapidly growing number of kindergarten through eighth-grade (or K-8) schools.

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Middle Schoolers Do Better in K-8 Setting; Mps Study Likely to Fuel Debate Over 2 Approaches

In a relatively short period of time, K-8s have expanded to dominate the school landscape in Milwaukee and other cities such as Cleveland, Cincinnati, Baltimore and Philadelphia, so the report will be heavily scrutinized here and elsewhere.

In 2000, there were only about 10 K-8 schools in the Milwaukee Public Schools district; this fall there will be 61 K-8 schools, inc...

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