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Teaching Today's Students to Be the Leaders of Tomorrow

Teaching Today's Students to Be the Leaders of Tomorrow

A rigorous social and emotional learning program helps students tackle community challenges

As national conversations about immigration, cybersecurity, under-employment, artificial intelligence, and the rapid transformation of our workplace are debated, a daunting question looms: how are we going to prepare...
Author: Peggi Zelinko
Number of views (4093)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Student Leadership
Tags: Student LeadersSocial Emotional Learning
Middle Level Students: The Unified Generation

Middle Level Students: The Unified Generation

Help our students with and without intellectual disabilities lead the way to socially inclusive schools

Exclusion, discrimination, bullying—all are in the headlines on a daily basis, but change is ahead. It is time for an inclusion revolution, and our middle level students can help lead the way by becoming part of...
Author: Betty Edwards, Leigha Bannon
Number of views (6397)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Diversity and Social EquitySchool Culture/Climate
Tags: Student EngagementStudent MotivationStudent LeadersInclusion
Student Leadership is Fundamental to Positive School Climate

Student Leadership is Fundamental to Positive School Climate

Engaging students in shaping school climate improvement pays off

There is growing research demonstrating that students perform better academically, socially, and emotionally when they are meaningfully engaged, contributing members of a school with a positive, caring, equitable...
Author: Betty Edwards
Number of views (18491)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Diversity and Social EquitySchool Culture/ClimateStudent Leadership
Tags: Student EngagementStudent LeadersInclusion
A Community Council Makes Everyone a Champion

A Community Council Makes Everyone a Champion

Empowering students to self-regulate and create a positive classroom community

Growing up in rural Nebraska there were three things I knew I would take away from my upbringing: a tenacious work ethic, a strong sense of community, and an obsessive passion for Nebraska football. Legendary football...
Author: Victoria S. Lentfer
Number of views (9410)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Teaching
Tags: Student MotivationCharacter EducationStudent LeadersCivic education
Student Leadership Program Announces 50 Team Winners

Student Leadership Program Announces 50 Team Winners

The Lead2Feed Student Leadership Program announces 50 team winners from middle and high schools across the country in the fifth annual Lead2Feed Student Leadership Challenge. Five grand prize recipients were awarded...
Author: Lead2Feed
Number of views (13673)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Family and CommunityStudent Leadership
Tags: Student EngagementStudent LeadersCommunity Involvement
Middle School Gossip

Middle School Gossip

When two seventh graders lead a staff meeting about social drama

Seventh-grade teacher Laura Merrill looked around the room and asked her colleagues to close their computers. "If our students are brave enough to present to the entire staff," she said, "we can give them our full...
Author: Phyllis L. Fagell
Number of views (16848)/Comments (0)/
Topics: TeachingYoung Adolescent Development
Tags: Student Leaders

Lead2Feed Student Leadership Program

Students develop as leaders and advocates for positive change.

In 2012, I incorporated the Lead2Feed Student Leadership program into my classes because of its focus on leadership and service learning. In 2016, I decided to use Lead2Feed as the curriculum during our enrichment...
Author: Suzie Melton
Number of views (17085)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Family and CommunityStudent Leadership
Tags: Student EngagementService LearningStudent Leaders
Helping Students Become a Better Version of Themselves

Helping Students Become a Better Version of Themselves

As a family and consumer science teacher at the middle school level, the Lead2Feed Student Leadership Program lessons seem to blend seamlessly into my curriculum. Some of the major units of family and consumer...
Author: Allison Silverman
Number of views (14766)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Student LeadershipTeaching
Tags: Student EngagementStudent MotivationStudent Leaders
Students Helping Students Succeed

Students Helping Students Succeed

A student assistant program opens up opportunities for students and teachers.

"So, you're saying you think the length of the pendulum is the most important variable affecting its frequency. Do you have data you can show me that supports this?" A question like that is common in sixth grade...
Author: Douglas Stith
Number of views (14782)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Student LeadershipTeaching
Tags: Peer CoachingStudent Leaders
Making a Middle School Magazine

Making a Middle School Magazine

A student-produced magazine celebrates middle level student voice.

In October 2015, a team of seven editors—all eighth grade boys at St. Christopher's School in Richmond, Virginia—met during lunch to compare two digital publishing platforms. They judged entries for the...
Author: Lisa Brennan
Number of views (33757)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Language Arts and LiteracyTeaching
Tags: Student EngagementStudent MotivationActive LearningWritingLiteracyProblem-solvingStudent Leaders
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