An initiative of the Foundation for the Mid South from 1997 until 2005, Mid South Middle Start's purpose was to build a middle-grades reform movement in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Mid South Middle Start's partner schools represente one-third of the school districts in the region.
With a generous grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Mid South Middle Start was designed as an educational improvement initiative for the middle-grades. (MS)2 sought to improve learning and healthy development for all young adolescents by providing:
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professional services to schools and districts;
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collaborative alliances with national and local organizations; and
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advocacy and research.
Middle Start worked to create schools where every middle-grades student benefited from high expectations and high levels of support for learning, achievement, and positive healthy development.
Click >>>here for a printable version of the Mid South Middle Start fact sheet.
Click >>>here for a printable version of the Middle Start Vision Statement.
Click on the state below for data from the 2004 CPRD study of student academic achievement in Mid South Middle Start schools in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
>>>Arkansas results
>>>Louisiana results
>>>Mississippi results
For more information contact:
>>>Chris Crothers, Communications Director
