The National Middle School Association (NMSA) has long offered excellent guidance on the education of young adolescents in the "This We Believe" series, and by extension, for the education of educators of young adolescents. With many districts facing shortages of qualified teachers, having difficulty retaining those they have, and with an under-representation of teachers of color, developing and retaining excellent teachers is crucial. "This We Believe: Successful Schools for Young Adolescents" offers a set of 14 recommendations for the kinds of culture schools should construct and the opportunities they should provide for young adolescents. With very little tweaking, these recommendations offer an ideal blueprint for designing, operating, and evaluating programs for educators of young adolescents. (Contains 4 figures.)