October 2011 • Volume 15 • Number 2
Personalizing Learning for Every Student
How well do you know—really know—your students? The better you know them the more likely you are to reach them and motivate them to learn. This issue of Middle Ground looks at strategies to personalize middle grades education.
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Editor's Note
Patricia George
Looking Inside Students
Features
Relationships Matter: Transformation Through Wayside Teaching
Sara Davis Powell
Wayside teaching is the essence of middle grades education.
Break the Silence and Make School Safe for All Kids! Part 1: Awareness and Strategies for Teachers
Norma J. Bailey
Educators can no longer turn a deaf ear or blind eye to hurtful words and actions.
Also: From the Mouths of Adolescents
Robert Ruder
A Community That Learns Together ...
Moriah L. Dollarhite and Kathryn C. Ingram
Big schools can have a small school feeling when the community pulls together.
Building the Bridge to Middle School
Elyse Daniel, Tom Grudowski, and Philip Brown
A trip to camp is just what these new sixth graders needed to create a bond with students and adults.
Are You iLiterate? Teaching with Today's Technology
Lavender Krupp
Role-playing activities give students a fresh perspective on history.
Dear Ellison ... A Service Learning Project
Sandy Cameli
When students in Hawaii learned a national hero once walked their halls, the revelation sparked a service learning project that united a community.
In Every Issue
News to Use
Information to promote effective middle level education
Teams in Action
Bruce MacBain, Jeff Green, and Rebecca Burtram
Caring for the Whole Student
Teaching in the Middle
Rick Wormeli
Differentiated Instruction: Setting the Pedagogy Straight
Click Here
Brenda Dyck
UnPlug'd but Still Connected
Mark of Leadership
Tom Burton
The Cold Within
Reviews & Resources
Books and resources of interest to middle level educators
Megeaphone!
Amusing, interesting, and provocative comments from the field of education
Spotlight on Literacy
Students as Experts: Supporting Writing Instruction
Cory McMillen and Kara Boyer
Literature Circles and Historical Fiction
Carianne Bernadowski
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