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This fascinating history of one school innovation recounts the painstaking labors of those willing to help at-risk youth succeed in our complex society. Harold Wechsler examines the middle college movement by focusing on a quarter-century of growth at the first Middle College. Started in 1974 at LaGuardia Community College in New York, this successful alternative school has since been widely replicated and adapted throughout the country. Anyone interested in the processes of educational reform will find this captivating story and Wechsler's in-depth policy analysis to be essential reading.

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Harold S. Wechsler is professor of education at the Margaret S. Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development, University of Rochester. He previously chaired the programs in higher education at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, and edited the higher education publications of the National Education Association.

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