Why Middle School: Challenging an Outdated Paradigm with a New Approach The model has remained steady for decades: wait until kids are juniors or seniors in high school to get them thinking seriously about what education-to-career pathways they may want to pursue after graduation. But let’s put ourselves in the shoes of a high school
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Approximately 1.35 million Muslim children attend school in the United States, and this population is growing. However, because Muslims currently represent only a small percentage of the total U.S. population, they may be overlooked or misunderstood by people from other religious or cultural backgrounds. In fact, a 2021 survey found that more than 50% of
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Teaching can often feel like a solitary endeavor. Community and collaboration are essential to our success. In honor of this Middle Level Education Month’s theme, as members of the AMLE Teacher Leaders Committee we would like to “shine a light” on how the committee has contributed to our professional growth and satisfaction and empower others
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Last fall I was asked to deliver remarks to inspire future middle grades teachers related to the theme, “Navigating the Educational Landscape: A Roadmap for Future Educators.” How could I resist? I am a former seventh-grade geography teacher and a proud, map-loving, geography nerd. It’s true! I read maps for fun, and I can’t put
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AMLE is soliciting input from the middle level education community as it prepares the publish the 6th edition of its foundational position paper on best practice in the middle grades, The Successful Middle School: This We Believe. First published in 1982, and most recently updated with the 2020 5th edition, the text is recognized as
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This is a revised version of the article that originally ran in the October, 2011 issue of AMLE’s Middle Ground magazine. Rick intends this as a myth-buster for some of the differentiation misconceptions circulating in today’s political climate. The most common sentiment I hear among those who practice differentiated instruction (DI) is that DI is
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