What We Should Do So All Students Succeed Access: Why would we look at middle level education through the lens of access? What effect does access have on specific stakeholders—including ourselves? How does access (or lack thereof) affect teaching and learning in the critical middle grades? What do we do when we have an “access gap” in
Administrators’ advice for districtwide leadership. When we think of the work that goes into helping schools thrive and be the centers of achievement and support for our students, we often think of the exceptional work of the people with direct, daily contact with students. We can’t say enough about the hard work that teachers, teacher
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The Invisible Elevator in Your School, and How to Make it Work This week, we’re checking out Advocacy and Agency in the middle grades. Normally in this blog, we focus on one word at a time, but I’m going to break that rule and offer up a 2 for 1 special. A buy 1 get 1 free. A lagniappe
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And Say Hello to the Letter A for Amazing Middle Grades! We’ve checked out several B words that relate to the marvelous, magnificent middle grades, but before we bid adieu to this letter, here’s a list of other B words that are worth our time and consideration. What’s on your list? Binary: Students should be empowered to make learning
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Four questions to consider when communicating with parents Schools and school systems have to work hard to balance the needs of creating student-centered learning environments, leading efforts to shift teacher mindsets and skills, and understanding and implementing efforts to prepare students to be productive contributors to society. New initiatives come from multiple sources: the federal
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The following is an excerpt from the newly released book titled Is It Working in Your Middle School? I highly encourage any middle level educator to access the book and use it as tool for ensuring the success of any program, strategy, or initiative that your middle school is implementing. Continuous improvement in our middle schools is
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