Amid increased discussion and emerging legislation around school cell phone policies, AMLE conducted a survey of its member schools to better understand current approaches and challenges. After controlling for duplicate entries from same-school staff, 154 schools responded to the survey in August 2024: Responses were received from schools in 9 countries and 41 states and
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What if you were told that a weekly spiraled assessment was a vital part of preparing your students for the end-of-year summative assessment? When we, an eighth-grade math co-teaching team, started working together in 2017, we were not convinced. Now, six years later, we not only believe in weekly spiraled assessments (WSAs) and use them
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Three tips for creating a responsive, student-centered schedule in the mid-post-COVID era As kids return to school amid a changing education environment, a renewed focus has emerged on the master schedule and its wide impact on student success. We sat down with Ann McCarty Perez, author of The Successful Middle School Schedule, to hear how
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Erik M. Francis, M.Ed., M.S. is an author, educator, and speaker who specializes in teaching and learning that promotes cognitive rigor and postsecondary (college and career) readiness. He is the author of Now THAT’S a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning (ASCD). He is also the owner of Maverik Education LLC, providing academic
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