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Homework

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Question? To assign homework or not to assign homework? To grade homework or not to grade homework? Educators, parents, students—they all have an opinion. So, what is the value of homework and should it be...

Author: Cathy Vatterott, Lee Jenkins, and Larry Sandomir
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Topics: Assessment

Tags: Grades Homework

The Power of Positive Relationships

The research is clear: humans are literally "hard-wired" with the desire and need to connect. We are social beings who thrive on healthy relationships. And yet, the importance of positive relationships in our schools...

Author: Tara Brown
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Topics: Classroom Management Teaching

Tags: Democratic Classroom

Soft Skills: Preparing Kids for Life After School

Colleges and employers emphasize the importance of core skills.

Standards writers, curriculum designers, and classroom teachers have spent the past several years clamoring to find ways to revitalize curriculum and instruction and increase rigor in ways that prepare students for...

Author: Jaime Greene
Number of views (76462)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Teaching Young Adolescent Development

Tags: Character Education College Readiness Career Exploration

A Letter To My Eighth Graders

A teacher sends her students to high school with some words of advice.

With only a few days left with my students, I’m thinking how far they have come in their reading and writing skills this year. Their final writing assessment has actually been a pleasure to grade. But now, I...

Author: Judi Holst
Number of views (76201)/Comments (1)/

Topics: Inspiration Teaching

Tags: Transition to High School

If Not You, Then Who?

As I become energized for the new school year, I find myself evaluating middle level practices in our district and across our state. And, although I have read AMLE’s groundbreaking publication This We Believe...

Author: Tom Burton
Number of views (76033)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Inspiration Leadership Middle School Concept

Tags: Teacher Leaders Tom Burton

Building Teacher Collaboration School-wide

Models for teacher collaboration are ineffective without true participation.

Teacher collaboration has been a common element of middle grades initiatives for years, typically one or more of these three organizational models: common planning time, professional learning communities, and critical...

Author: Micki M. Caskey, Jan Carpenter
Number of views (74719)/Comments (1)/

Topics: Professional Development Organizational Structures Teaching

Tags: Common Planning Time PLCs

Professional Learning Communities

Research Summary

A professional learning community (PLC) is more than a group of individuals meeting together to read a common book or discuss a relevant issue. According to Huffman and Hipp (2003), PLCs are a way of working; "a...

Author: Kim K. Ruebel
Number of views (73942)/Comments (1)/

Topics: Professional Development Research

Tags: PLCs Research Summary

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: Dream Come True or Nightmare to Come?

High stakes tests should assess what the public values from education, but they too often fall short of measuring the many and varied student learning outcomes that actually occur in classrooms. For example, in...

Author: Ed Dickey
Number of views (73757)/Comments (2)/

Topics: Common Core State Standards Curriculum Middle School Concept STEM

Tags: Math

Setting Higher Expectations: Motivating Middle Graders to Succeed

Research Summary

High Expectations In accord with the Association for Middle Level Education's (AMLE) This We Believe tenets (National Middle School Association, 2010), teachers of middle level grades should implement curriculum that...

Author: Elsa Cantú Ruiz
Number of views (71476)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Research Teaching

Tags: Student Motivation Research Summary

An Action Plan for Creating Effective Schools

A basic plan of action can help education leaders ensure success for all students.

Today’s school leaders are challenged to ensure their schools are effective—providing a quality education for every student—but they must do that with fewer resources than in the past. They need an...

Author: Kenneth Cummings
Number of views (70110)/Comments (2)/

Topics: Leadership

Tags: Parent Involvement Student Achievement

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