Sec. 101. Purposes
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The purposes of this title are to— develop middle grade students' social, emotional, and academic competencies and deep content knowledge to ensure they are equipped to think critically, solve problems, communicate effectively, collaborate with others, and be self-directed so that they can enter high school on-track and graduate from high school on time and ready for postsecondary and career pathways; provide student and teacher supports for middle grades education, including funding and curricula, that align with the student and teacher supports provided for elementary school and secondary school grades within and across local educational agencies; provide resources to State educational agencies and local educational agencies to collaboratively develop and implement middle grade improvement plans in order to deliver evidence-based support and technical assistance to schools serving middle grade students; provide resources for schools serving middle grade students to develop positive learning communities where educators and students feel engaged, and share high expectations of student success, as exhibited by mutual respect, fair discipline approaches, and rigorous academic curriculum; and increase the capacity of States and local educational agencies to develop effective, sustainable, and replicable school improvement programs and models and evidence-based or, when available, scientifically valid student interventions for implementation by schools serving students in the middle grades.