Advisory/Advocacy

You Can Only Go Halfway: The Role of Trusted Adults in Middle School

In a thought-provoking episode of the Middle School Walk and Talk podcast, host Phyllis Fagell and Jessica McGuire sit down with Brooklyn Raney, a practitioner researcher who studies and consults on the ethics of care in educational settings. Known for her innovative advisory curriculum and her advocacy for every student having a “trusted adult,” Raney

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Advisory Matters. Here Are Eight Strategies To Keep It Going Strong.

We teach a precious and somewhat precarious age group. Our middle grades students are in the throes of one of life’s most pivotal and seminal periods in human development. They are growing faster than at almost any other time in life and are grappling with some of life’s most significant milestones which will come to

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All Middle Schoolers are Superheroes in the Making: How to help kids build psychological resiliency in an increasingly complicated world

I say often, “Kids are kids, no matter where they learn.” I still believe that’s true, but today’s middle schoolers have endured so much and I have seen wide variance in their ability to thrive through the challenges of the past few years. It’s no wonder parents and educators continue to struggle to support them

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Ethics and SEL in the Post-COVID Classroom

Introduction While the world seems to have largely moved beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact remains. The pandemic was a harrowing time for all of us, but it had perhaps the most profound effect on education. While this experience revealed the bravery and perseverance of both students and teachers, it nevertheless came with challenges—and we’re

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Why Advisory?

Advisory. It’s a concept that has been around nearly as long as the middle school movement, defined as regularly scheduled times when students have the opportunity to interact with a small group of peers and a teacher-advisor. But why should schools have them? What should they accomplish? And how do you convince reluctant teachers it’s

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