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Food for Thought: Developing the "Whole" Young Adolescent
Every educational meal we create must begin with a redefinition of achievement. We typically equate achievement with grades, testing, and GPA scores. However, we know that if we place too much focus on numerical or...
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Dru Tomlin
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Re- revisited in the Middle Grades
A Prefix that Fixes
We've checked out Red. We've reviewed Relationships. Now we've got "Re-." True, it's a prefix and not, therefore, a complete word in itself ... but work with me because young adolescents need the "Re-". And, in...
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Dru Tomlin
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Everyone Benefits when Middle School Students Volunteer
We know that young people have a lot to gain from volunteering. But a recent study suggests the personal benefits are greater than you might expect. Prudential Financial's Spirit of Community Initiative surveyed...
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Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
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The R of Relationships in the Middle Grades
Time to bask in the warm, effervescent glow of another R word as it pertains to middle level education! Here it is: Relationship. It is almost impossible to think about middle level education and not simultaneously...
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Dru Tomlin
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Middle Level Playlist: Song #1
Minor Threat, Seeing Red and School Improvement
What songs come to mind when you think about early adolescence? What artists helped you navigate those often turbulent waters and also helped you celebrate the wonderful wilds of the middle grades? Who's on that...
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Dru Tomlin
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R in Effect: The ABCs of Middle Level Education
I'm Seeing Red! How About You?
So here's the first R word that's on my mind for the world of Middle Level Education. Red. Recently, I’ve taken to wearing red shoes—to AMLE, at workshops, to schools, at the AMLE annual conference. With...
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Dru Tomlin
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Global Podcast about the ABCs of Middle Level Education
Dru Talks with Adolescent Success from Australia
Check out this global podcast from Singapore! I had the honor of talking with the outstanding David Wilcox from Adolescent Success, Australia's leading organization dedicated to supporting young adolescents and...
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Dru Tomlin
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Set High Standards for Your Students and for Your Lessons
How your teaching philosophy can guide inspiration and creativity in the classroom
One of my first mini-lessons in my fifth-grade language arts and social studies class is to have my students write a six-word memoir. For this assignment, students have only six words to share the most important thing...
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Stephanie Stoebe
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Food for Thought: The 16 Characteristics of an Effective and Amazing Middle School
Every one and every school has a story made up of ingredients. When I taught Basic English in Harrisonburg, Virginia, I often had food on my mind. It wasn't because I was particularly hungry or because I was creating...
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Dru Tomlin
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For decades, the battle between true middle level education and financial shortcuts has raged. Isn't it time that what's best for kids wins this battle?
The conflict between doing more with less and doing what is right and just for young adolescents is a difficult one for middle level educators to confront. For example, when district leaders determine that program...
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Tom Burton
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