A new report, Lessons Learned: New Teachers Talk About Their Jobs, Challenges and Long-Range Plans, just released by Public Agenda states middle and high school teachers? are ?more concerned about administrative support, more frustrated by student motivation and behavior, less likely to see teaching a lifelong career, and less likely to believe all students can achieve in school, than their counterparts in elementary schools.?
Duh, I could have saved them money on this project! Talk to most middle and high school teachers and they will give you an ear full of how the system is broken. Finally the status quo educrats have figured out schools can?t be all things to all people.  Schools must be flexible enough to focus on specific student needs, and give teachers the support needed for such changes. 
One item not mentioned in the report is the need for parental choice. If parents and students had educational freedom and ?buy in? by choosing the educational provider, the motivation to come to school is increased!