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Food for Thought: Four Essential Attributes

As we joyfully create with our pedagogical whisks, ladles, and colanders, we must never lose sight of what we hope our educational meal will be. While the 16 Characteristics of Successful Schools outlined in This We...

Author: Dru Tomlin
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Topics: Middle School Concept

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Leadership: Three Emotional Mind Traps

How can you determine if your decisions are colored by emotion?

Have you ever: Made a decision that backfired? Thought that hindsight is 20/20? Wished you had made a different decision? As they share in their February 3, 2009, Harvard Business...

Author: Ruby K. Payne
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Topics: Leadership

Tags: Data-driven Decisions

World Language Education: Supporting This We Believe

World languages are an important component of effective middle level education.

Helping young adolescents become fully functioning, self-actualized persons who are prepared for college, career, and the world, means giving them multiple opportunities to collaborate within and beyond the classroom...

Author: Kelly Moser, Nicole C. Miller
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Topics: Diversity and Social Equity Middle School Concept Teaching

Tags: World Language

Trading Snow Days for eLearning Days

Snow Days! The kids can't wait for them…until they have to "make them up" at the end of the school year. For rural school districts, snow days are inevitable; even the most urban school districts are not...

Author: Bobby Thompson
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Topics: Teaching Technology

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The Hidden Curriculum of Middle School

Two years ago our school underwent a reorganization to create a designated middle school. Previously the school was split into two parts: Lower School which included Montessori sixth grade and Upper School which was...

Author: Tracie Cain
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Topics: Teaching

Tags: Student Motivation Transition to High School Transition to Middle School Preservice Teachers New Teachers

Getting to Know Your Students: Inside Room 801

With more testing than ever in years past, I realized that I was forgoing the most important part of my job description, which was getting to know my students. One lazy Saturday morning, an idea came to me while...

Author: Brooke Iverson
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Topics: School Culture/Climate Teaching Young Adolescent Development

Tags: Student Engagement Preservice Teachers New Teachers

Graphic Representations of Student Achievement

Let's interpret the data as it's written: 80, 90, 0, check, check-minus, absent, 55, 87, absent, 77, one day late 90, check, 90, check, 12, 91, check, check, 88, absent, 84, check, check, check, check, check, absent,...

Author: Rick Wormeli
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Topics: Assessment Teaching

Tags: Rick Wormeli Student Achievement

Bridging the Literacy Gap in Science

Meeting new science standards can be hard for students who struggle with reading and writing.

How do you teach the new science standards to students who struggle with reading and writing? Many middle school science teachers face this dilemma, which is especially challenging for science educators at my school....

Author: Theressa Varner
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Topics: Language Arts and Literacy Teaching

Tags: Science Literacy

One Text—Many Perspectives

Writing and reading "I Am" poetry through different lenses.

"Read this article about The Great Pandemic of 1918–1919 and then answer the questions on the board," the teacher directed as she handed out the printed pages. Where did the pandemic start?...

Author: Lesley Roessing
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Topics: Language Arts and Literacy Teaching

Tags: Student Engagement Social Studies

Achievement Unlocked!

An achievement system for students helps them exercise independence and goal-setting skills.

Struggling with self-confidence yet wanting independence, middle school students need opportunities to feel valued and worthy. Middle school educators need to show students that they can do things independently, they...

Author: Kaylene Christie
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Topics: Teaching

Tags: Student Achievement

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