March 2010 • Volume 41 • Number 4
Learning and Leading in Middle Grades School Communities
Effective middle grades schools are caring communities purposefully designed to meet the developmental needs of young adolescent learners. Articles in this issue explore ways to build community in classrooms and schools by focusing on student-teacher relationships, practicing effective pedagogy, and cultivating teacher leaders.
A View from the Middle
David C. Virtue
Bringing Some Sanity to the Madness of March
NMSA in Action
Information about what's going on at NMSA and with NMSA affiliates and members.
Letter from the President
Cathie Thibodeau
Classroom Management Strategies for Difficult Students: Promoting Change through Relationships
Mary Ellen Beaty-O'Ferrall, Alan Green, & Fred Hanna
This We Believe: Educators of Young Adolescents Are Just Like the Students—As Learners!
Paul D. Deering, Deborah Zuercher, & Sheila A. Apisa
Examining Student Engagement and Authority: Developing Learning Relationships in the Middle Grades
Anne-Marie Dooner, David Mandzuk, Peter Obendoerfer, Gary Babiuk, Gina Cerqueira-Vassallo, Verland Force, Michelle Vermette, & Darren Roy
Excellent Teachers Leading the Way: How To Cultivate Teacher Leadership
Holly J. Thornton
Developing a Caring Ethic for Middle School Mathematics Classrooms
Angiline Powell & Allen H. Seed
Departments
Turning Points 2000: Lessons Learned
Katherine F. Thompson, P. Gayle Andrews, Courtney S. Jackson, & Mary Reagin
Who Are My Students and Why Does It Matter? Using Service-Learning to Teach Children Impacted by Poverty