Imagine asking students to locate the article you handed them yesterday. One student opens a binder, turns to a color-coded tab, and finds it in fifteen seconds. A classmate takes three minutes to find the right binder, with crumpled papers sticking out in every direction. Both students might be able to read and understand the
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Glenn Whitman, history teacher at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland, and director of the school’s Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (CTTL), joined the Middle School Walk & Talk podcast for a recent episode focused on practical, research-backed strategies for instructing middle grades students. You can listen to the episode now, or read
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There is a tendency in some middle schools to see students who receive learning support services as being the responsibility of the learning support specialists alone. I have often heard content area teachers say to a member of the student support team (when discussing a student’s achievement and in-class behavior) something to the effect of,
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In a recent episode of AMLE’s Middle School Walk & Talk podcast, hosts Phyllis Fagell and Jessica McGuire sat down with Chris Balme, an educator, author, and school founder whose work challenges the idea that middle school is something students simply have to survive. You can listen to the full episode, or read a recap
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Middle school is a time when students are no longer children but not yet adults. It is also a time when teachers encounter one of the most confusing and frustrating behaviors: lying. Why do kids lie? Is it intentional deception, immaturity, or something deeper? The developmental realities of early adolescence suggest that lying is not
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Columbus, OH — November 3, 2025 — The Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) today announced the release of two new position statements that address two of the most rapidly evolving and consequential issues facing schools today: Artificial Intelligence in Middle Level Education: Guiding Principles for Developmentally Responsive Policies and Cell Phones in Middle Schools: Guiding
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