About This Lesson
This source is from the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse (http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/)
TDMG is a whole school reform approach for large middle school sthat face serious problems with student attendance, discipline, and academic achievement. It calls for schools to reorganize into small “learning communities” of 200 to 300 students who attend classes in distinct areas of the school and stay together throughout their time in middle school