August 2010 • Volume 14 • Number 1
Managing Classrooms Effectively
Are you in control? This issue of Middle Ground explores classroom management strategies.
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Editor's Note
Patricia George
Features
The Power of Positive Relationships
Tara Brown
Seven simple strategies can transform your classroom into a positive learning environment.
Different Families, Different Dances: Helping Children of Substance Abusers
Ann Mary Roberts
Children of substance abusers may need extra care to help them flourish.
5 Keys to Effective Classroom Management
Kimberly Kode
Create a successful classroom management system based on five simple principles.
Letting Go: How Principals Can Be Better Instructional Leaders
Jan Walker
With some help from SAM, principals can focus on students and learning.
Reel to Real: Dubbing Films Throughout the Curriculum
Folwell Dunbar
Films can be an integral part of the curriculum school-wide.
Helping Student Teachers Face Their Fears
Diana Brannon
Student teachers are worried about more than discipline.
What Not to Say in Writing Workshops
Nathan D. Kasten
Sometimes teachers learn what works by listening to their students.
Taking the Cool Out of Tobacco
April Stutters
One district's campaign made tobacco-free the cool way to be.
Perspective: Middle Grades Students and ADD
Jerrold Pollak
Is the middle grades concept responsible for increased diagnoses of ADD?
In Every Issue
News to Use
Information to promote effective middle level education
Teams in Action
Joseph Karb
Soaring to New Heights
Teaching in the Middle
Rick Wormeli
Making Sense: More Than Making Meaning
Click Here
Brenda Dyck
Web 2.0 and You
Mark of Leadership
Tom Burton
The Perfect Patch
Reviews and Resources
Books and resources of interest to middle level educators
Megaphone!
Amusing, interesting, and provocative comments from the field of education
Spotlight on Homework
Five Steps to More Effective Homework
Cathy Vatterott
No Excuses for No Homework
Steve Pearce
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