Penny A. Bishop

“Because technology makes vast amounts of knowledge and information readily and instantly accessible, challenging middle grades curriculum is not about accumulating facts. Rather, it is about assessing the veracity of sources and skillfully selecting and applying knowledge to solve complex problems, particularly those that are meaningful to young adolescents. Students are more likely to persist through the difficulties of challenging curriculum when it is also personally meaningful and engaging.86”
― Penny A. Bishop, The Successful Middle School: This We Believe