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The Transition from Middle School to High School for Students in Special Education

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Committing to a transition program and focusing on relationship-building The transition from middle school to high school brings many changes and challenges for all students. The educational and personal changes that occur during this period of time for students in special education need to be specifically supported and guided. Teachers and counselors play vital roles

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Building Successful Habits for Middle School

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Smooth the transition to middle school with a focus on executive function skills Increased homework demands. Multiple classes with varied grading systems and discrete homework policies. Intensified extracurricular commitments. These are just a few of the ways middle school tests students’ ability to manage tasks, otherwise known as their executive function skills. Many experts refer

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Three Tips to Close the Gender Gap in STEM-Based Careers

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STEM starts with the end in mind By the time students transition to high school, the disparity between girls’ and boys’ interest in STEM is already evident. Three decades of research show that an average of 15.7% of freshman girls express interest in STEM careers in comparison to 39.5% of their male peers. With 75%

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Six Ways to Help Middle Schoolers Create a Kind, Trusting Culture

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Activities that bring perspective, invite empathy, and build social skills “I can’t believe what happened,” Janine* said. Her daughter Greta’s best friend overheard two girls calling her a stuck-up loser, so she secretly videotaped their conversation and texted Greta the evidence. Janine was bewildered. “How could her friend think this was a good idea?” she

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Creating a Smoother Transition Together

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Increasing student success and support in the transition from middle to high schoo Change can be challenging for adolescents, especially given the fact that young people between the ages of 10 and 15 undergo extreme personal developments. Their patterns of thinking, physical maturation, and desire for peer acceptance contribute to these rapid developments, making holistic

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Project SUCCESS: The Way Forward in Middle School

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Streamlining the first year of middle school to smooth the transition What if I told your school administrative team that there is a classroom intervention that does not require substantial increases in staffing, does not require extra funds from the school or district, but still manages to dramatically increase student achievement? Would you be interested?

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