Press Release

Virginia Co-Teaching Team to Receive National Educator of the Year Award

Eight Grade Math Teachers Amber Benson and Ruby Voss selected for top honor from the Association for Middle Level Education For Immediate Release September 26, 2022 Columbus, OH – Amber Benson and Ruby Voss, an 8th grade math co-teaching team at Northside Middle School in Roanoke Virginia, are the recipients of the Association for Middle

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Heinemeyer to Receive Distinguished Service Award for Middle Level Education

For Immediate Release September 21, 2022 Columbus, OH – AMLE is pleased to announce that Gail Heinemeyer, retired middle school principal, AMLE Leadership Institute faculty and Executive Secretary and Director for Professional Development for the Pennsylvania Association for Middle Level Education is the recipient of the AMLE Distinguished Service Award. The award was established to

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Statement in Support of Learning Environments that Meet the Social-Emotional Needs of our LGBTQ+ Students

In response to recent proposed legislation, particularly that which seeks to limit the supports available to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students in their school communities, the AMLE Board of Trustees seeks to reaffirm and emphasize what we have known for decades to be best practice in educating young adolescents. While proposed legislation

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Playbook Challenge

Association for Middle Level Education, American Student Assistance Announce Winners of Funding Contest for Educators to Kickstart Middle Grades Career Exploration Programming

The three schools will each receive a $5,000 prize to bring their career exploration program to life during the 2022-2023 school year. The contest follows the launch of AMLE and ASA’s joint publication, Career Exploration in the Middle Grades: A Playbook for Educators. The first of its kind specifically for middle schools, the Playbook and

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Megha Shankri - Student Voice Winner

AMLE Announces Megha Shankri as Winner of International Middle School Student Voice Contest

For Immediate Release November 7, 2021 Students competed for the top prize at the AMLE21 annual conference for middle level education Columbus, OH  — The Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) announced today that Megha Shankri, an 8th grade student from Branchburg Middle School in New Jersey, had won its inaugural Great Middle School Student

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