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Rising Tides, Sinking Boats – A Focus on Equitable Practices
This article supports the following characteristics from The Successful Middle School: This We Believe: Educators respect and value young adolescents. The school environment is welcoming, inclusive, and affirming...
Author:
Walter Lee, Ph.D.
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Diversity and Social Equity
School Culture/Climate
Teaching
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Student Engagement
Student Achievement
Equity
The Ups and Downs
When my husband and I were dating, and we had all the time in the world, back when we strolled through bookstores, we stumbled upon a book called The Book of Questions. We bought it, placed it in the glovebox of my...
Author:
Amber Chandler
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Milestones
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Student Engagement
Student Achievement
A Journey for Content Area Literacy Development and PLCs
How to engage teacher teams in whole-school literacy and learning improvement
It's 7:30 Tuesday morning and groups of teachers are sitting in their first meeting of the year for their professional learning communities (PLCs). Thick binders filled with colored tabs and volumes of files of...
Author:
Bobb Darnell
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Language Arts and Literacy
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PLCs
Literacy
Student Achievement
The Boy in the Middle
The social, intellectual, emotional, and physical needs of middle schoolers
The Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) emphasizes that attending to the social, intellectual, emotional, and physical needs and assets of middle school children is central to their intellectual development....
Author:
Daniel M. Levin, Molly Mee
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Teaching
Young Adolescent Development
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Student Engagement
Student Motivation
Student Achievement
Surviving High Seas
Helping students succeed by becoming aware of their own thought processes
Harsh skies at noon mirror the deep, stormy sea. Winds scream at tumultuously rolling peaks and valleys. Tossing ship and tumbled crew groan in unison. The captain shouts through the chaos, "Look lively, mates. You've...
Author:
Rebecca Kordatzky
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Teaching
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Student Engagement
Student Motivation
Student Achievement
Effective Instructional Practices for Diverse Learners
Using popular culture resources to engage learners.
Middle level teachers can make learning engaging by using popular culture texts. When faced with the challenge of engaging students, many teachers often struggle to create relevant learning experiences while also...
Author:
Crystal LaVoulle
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Diversity and Social Equity
Teaching
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Reading
Interdisciplinary Teaching
Literacy
Student Achievement
Enhancing the Social and Psychological Development of Young Adolescents
Addressing the social and psychological development of young adolescents is critical.
How are you addressing the social and psychological development of your middle grades students? The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation caused many schools to place an enormous emphasis on promoting academic...
Author:
David E. Bartz
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Teaching
Young Adolescent Development
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Student Motivation
Self-esteem
Student Achievement
Social Emotional Learning
Using the Teacher-Based Team Process to Raise Teacher Voice
Teacher collaboration and shared decision-making.
In the midst of monumental changes and innovative learning strategies, raising the degree of teacher voice in our schools is needed now more than ever. While many improvement processes and strategies have come on the...
Author:
Neil Gupta
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Leadership
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Teacher Motivation
Student Achievement
Graphic Representations of Student Achievement
Let's interpret the data as it's written: 80, 90, 0, check, check-minus, absent, 55, 87, absent, 77, one day late 90, check, 90, check, 12, 91, check, check, 88, absent, 84, check, check, check, check, check, absent,...
Author:
Rick Wormeli
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Assessment
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Rick Wormeli
Student Achievement
Achievement Unlocked!
An achievement system for students helps them exercise independence and goal-setting skills.
Struggling with self-confidence yet wanting independence, middle school students need opportunities to feel valued and worthy. Middle school educators need to show students that they can do things independently, they...
Author:
Kaylene Christie
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