{"id":2002,"date":"2021-10-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2021-08-25T01:15:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T01:15:49","slug":"elemiddles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/elemiddles\/","title":{"rendered":"Elemiddles?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years, there has been a constant pendulum swing between K-8 schools versus middle schools. The research goes back and forth, and the districts go back and forth &#8230; but more often than not, districts make that decision based on financial concerns rather than what&#8217;s best for children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hechingerreport.org\/can-you-fix-middle-school-by-getting-rid-of-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This article<\/a> examines the phenomenon of &#8220;elemiddles&#8221; and how some districts believe they are vital to creating the conditions for success. It&#8217;s well worth reading, if only to gain a broader perspective. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, there has been a constant pendulum swing between K-8 schools versus middle schools. The research goes back and forth, and the districts go back and forth &#8230; but more often than not, districts make that decision based on financial concerns rather than what&#8217;s best for children. This article examines the phenomenon of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002\/revisions\/2005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}