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= Welcome to The Trends and Issues in Middle/Secondary Education Wiki =

On this wiki, you will find information regarding a wide range of trends and issues we currently face within the middle/secondary classroom. All resources and materials on this wiki have been carefully developed by a group of highly-qualified and creative middle-grades and secondary-level teachers from a variety of content-areas. These teachers are enrolled in //EDCI 6158: Trends and Issues in Middle/Secondary Education//.

Please visit this page for further information on the course, //EDCI 6158: Trends and Issues in Middle/Secondary Education //. Please download for information regarding EDCI 6158 students' wiki project components and to see a grading rubric for the assignment. The wiki project proposal may be downloaded.

What the purpose of this wiki? [[image:educationtrendsandissues/040.JPG width="523" height="164" align="right"]]
This wiki is a means for collecting, publishing, and disseminating information on trends and issues in education. Some trends and issues may be more relevant in certain grade-levels or content-areas. Other issues may be interdisciplinary. Some trends/issues may be specific to certain districts and/or the state of Georgia. Other trends and issues may be cross state boundaries.

Who is the intended audience for this wiki?
This wiki targets a range of "stakeholders" in middle/secondary education. These stakeholders may include:
 * Teachers in Georgia
 * Teachers outside the state of Georgia
 * Middle/Secondary-level students
 * Parents of middle/secondary-level students
 * Local, state, and national policymakers
 * P-12 School Administrators
 * Taxpayers
 * Support staff working within P-12 schools
 * Post-secondary institutions
 * Teacher preparation programs
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Community members
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Librarians

What will I find on each wikipage?

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">A general description of the trend and/or issue
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">An annotated bibliography of 5 outside sources related to the trend/issue (including both scholarly and "popular" sources)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">A rationale describing whether this topic is a "trend," an "issue," or both
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">A proposal describing a curriculum project related to the trend/issue

Helpful teaching links: Please visit this page to see links to teaching materials used in EDCI 6158.
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