For Immediate Release Columbus, OH – Jeanneine Jones, Ed.D., Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Charlotte, NC, is the recipient of the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) John H. Lounsbury Award for Distinguished Service in Middle Level Education. The highest honor offered by AMLE, the award was established to
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“It’s my child’s first day of middle school, now what?” Parents and guardians across the country are grappling with this transition from child to young adolescent and navigating their role in school and daily life. Although direct parent/guardian involvement often takes a back seat once students enter the middle grades, young people still need that
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This past 2022-23 school year, we were assigned to co-teach a grade 9 science class at Vientiane International School (VIS) in Laos. Among the class of 23 students, about one-third qualified for either English Language Acquisition (ELA), Individualized Learning Support (ILS) support, or both. Despite one of us being new to the school (and not
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I say often, “Kids are kids, no matter where they learn.” I still believe that’s true, but today’s middle schoolers have endured so much and I have seen wide variance in their ability to thrive through the challenges of the past few years. It’s no wonder parents and educators continue to struggle to support them
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Columbus, OH — Wednesday, August 16, 2023 For Immediate Release The Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) announced that eleven schools have been named 2023 AMLE Schools of Distinction. The recipient schools are: Brambleton Middle School, Ashburn, VA Farmwell Station Middle School, Ashburn, VA Gilbert Middle School, Gilbert, Iowa Kamehameha Schools, Kapālama, Hawai’i Mayfield Middle
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Civics is taught in eighth grade. No, that’s fifth grade in our school, actually, and sixth grade is ancient cultures with seventh grade focusing on the mid-1800’s through the modern era. And what’s 8th grade, you ask? We decided to turn that into a personal finance and college/career prep course. And what about math? Well,
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