There’s an age-old adage: “It takes a village to raise a child.” As a middle school teacher, I have always believed in this philosophy but often felt limited to the four walls of the classroom. Making home visits was never on my radar until a fateful day when my multilingual skills became indispensable for a
Sexual education is a rite of passage for middle schoolers, but how it’s delivered varies widely from state to state and school to school. In the February, 2023 edition of Middle School Journal, Yvonne Allsop and colleagues describe how a collaborative, cross-discipline team worked together to create a virtual sexual health education curriculum for the
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As parents of fourteen-year-old twins, my wife and I have spent this summer buried in communications from their high school. Our daughter, Grace, is a volleyball player, sings in choir, and is part of the high school coalition teen council. Our son, Gavin, is in the marching band and involved in the robotics club. We
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The purpose of this research summary is to discuss mentoring as career-long professional development of middle level teachers. Mentoring can support developing pedagogies, curricula, culturally responsive teaching, and navigating the educational landscape. Mentoring can start at different stages to meet teachers’ needs and to impact their efficacy. While professional development is, many times, a day
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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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