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Young Adolescent Development
Getting to the Heart & Sole of Young Adolescent Girls
Young adolescent girls gain the skills and tools they need to reach their potential.
Neuropsychologist Dan Siegel, in his book Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, describes adolescence as a time of increased elasticity in the brain. The emotive part of the adolescent brain is...
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Heather Britt
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Gender-based Learning
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Finding a Common Language Through Relationships
Establishing supportive relationships helps students truly thrive.
How effectively are we communicating with our middle school students? As a middle school counselor, I often step back and think: Am I speaking to fill the space? Is what I am saying applicable. Most important, do I...
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Andrea M. Salvo
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New Perspectives on Student Engagement
Do you remember Judith Viorst's story about Alexander, who had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day? For some middle school students, each day of the school year is an Alexander kind of day as defeat after...
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James Hall
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Babysitting: Benefits Inside and Outside the Classroom
Middle school is a transition time for tweens and young teens who may be ready to move on from elementary school but still have much to learn about responsibility and self-reliance. Guiding students toward these...
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Grant Hansen
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Extracurricular Activities
Spotlight on Lead2Feed
We asked Debby Dodge, grant manager for Lead2Feed/Lift a Life Foundation, a series of questions about the important part service learning and common vision play in developing caring, compassionate young...
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AMLE
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The Importance of Early Adolescence
Dr. John Lounsbury was a middle level education advocate and founding member of the Association for Middle Level Education, previously National Middle School Association. The following is excerpted from his article...
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John H. Lounsbury
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Developmental Characteristics of Young Adolescents
Research Summary
Early adolescence is a distinct period of human growth and development situated between childhood and adolescence. During this remarkable stage of the life cycle, young adolescents, 10- to 15-year-olds, experience...
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Micki Caskey, Vincent A. Anfara, Jr.
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Mitigating Factors: Negative Neighborhoods and Student Learning
We can't give up on students who are struggling just to survive.
There probably isn't an educator alive who hasn't heard—or made—comments like these: Too bad his momma is in jail! He never had a chance. If she just wasn't from that neighborhood! Why does he hang...
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Ruby K. Payne
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Poverty
Are You Helping or Hurting Your Students?
When should you let students struggle?
What’s wrong with these kids? Do they really think we’ll hold their hand? This isn’t elementary school! I treat mine all the same. And you know what? It’s sink or swim. How are they going...
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Ruby K. Payne
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Self-Directed Learning Through Reflection
Goal setting and action plans help students become more confident learners.
It’s 1 p.m. I have just given my sixth grade science class an assignment reviewing several concepts and key vocabulary words related to energy. The students are free to use their textbooks, past assignments, and...
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Staci Korkowski
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