March 2011 • Volume 42 • Number 4
Reaching and Teaching All Students
Articles in this issue describe programs and strategies for reaching and teaching all students in middle grades schools. Articles focus on programs for disaffected youth and students at-risk of dropping out of school, ways to enhance the classroom learning environment through co-teaching, research-based strategies for teaching vocabulary across the curriculum, and recommendations for using school resource officers in middle grades schools.
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A View from the Middle
David C. Virtue
What are your nonnegotiables?
NMSA in Action
Information about what's going on at NMSA and with NMSA affiliates and members.
Accelerating Struggling Students' Learning Through Identity Redevelopment
Christine Finnan & Dennis Kombe
An accelerated school program gets at-risk middle.
Improving the Pro-Social Skills of Transitioning Urban Youth: A Summer Camp Approach
Korrie Allen, Kim Akinyanju, Tammi Milliken, Edward Lorek, & Tamu Thomas Walker
A summer camp was created to help urban at-risk youth develop pro-social skills and good character.
Middle School Co-Teaching: Effective Practices and Student Reflections
Greg Conderman
Co-teaching helps teachers meet the needs of diverse students in heterogeneous classrooms.
Teaching Disaffected Middle School Students: How Classroom Dynamics Shape Students' Experiences
Brianna L. Kennedy
Effective teachers of disaffected students link their instructional practices, classroom management techniques, and rapport building to create positive learning environments.
Teaching Vocabulary Across the Curriculum
William P. Bintz
Teachers can use a variety of research-based strategies to teach vocabulary across the curriculum.
Departments
What Research Says
Matthew T. Theriot
School Resource Officers in Middle Grades School Communities
Middle grades schools may experience challenges and opportunities associated with the use of school resource officers.
Extensions
Every issue features questions and ideas for extending learning about topics in each article. Use the extensions to promote individual reflection, to stimulate discussion within teams, or to support professional development in your school.
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