Author: Aluent Support
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Young Adolescents Helping Younger Kids Identify and Prevent Cyberbullying
Literacy as the Link: Common Core Standards and Content Area Teaching
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) literacy standards for content area teachers provide incentive for teachers to focus on instructional techniques to meet students’ rigorous literacy needs across the curriculum. One of us (Ginni), an associate professor who teaches content area literacy courses at a regional university, and the other (Jason), who teaches middle grades
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Lessons from the A-Team
Not long ago, I was fortunate to spend some time with a group of very dedicated middle grades educators at the New England League of Middle Schools (NELMS) Summer Educators Institute. As the week progressed, we had many discussions about what is best for middle grades students. We spent time discussing the importance of Middle
Middle Me This! Some Backhanded Validation
While helping stimulate the economy one manicure-pedicure at a time, I was surprised at the salon cashier’s reaction to my response to the typical question, “What do you do?” The cashier, attempting to make idle chatter while swiping my debit card, had just processed transactions for a bank teller, a homemaker, and an office manager— the
It’s Time to Stop Averaging Grades
You’ve always averaged grades. Your teachers averaged grades when you were in school and it worked fine. It works fine for your students. Does it? Just as we teach our students, we don’t want to fall for Argumentum ad populum: something is true or good just because a lot of people think it’s true or good. Let’s