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Three reasons why so few eighth graders in the poorest schools take algebra

The Hechinger Report

A collection of surveys of teachers and principals, conducted by the research organization RAND, suggests three problems at the poorest middle schools, which are disproportionately populated with Black and Hispanic students. Do it before middle school,” said Goldhaber. For many students, middle school is too late.”

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High-Agency in the Remote and Hybrid Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

I have really been impressed with the choice boards at the high school and how Canvas is being used to set them up. The elementary school has also upped their game as of late. I love how middle school teachers responsible for remote learners have created a virtual station rotation model in Canvas.

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5 Ways to Create Relevant Cultures of Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Recently I observed a great example of this during a coaching visit with Kay’s Creek Elementary School in Farmington, UT. To help build the program, junior academies were created at the middle school to spark interest and function as a feeder pipeline. Olive Middle School in New Jersey.

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Inside the new middle school math crisis

The Hechinger Report

It was a Thursday morning in November, a few minutes into Ruby Voss’ and Amber Benson’s eighth grade math class at Northside Middle School just outside Roanoke, a city of roughly 100,000 in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Nationwide, students who started middle school during the pandemic lost more ground in math than any other group.

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OPINION: Career planning in middle school prepares students for better workforce choices

The Hechinger Report

While West-MEC provides career training programs to high school students, it also supports elementary school district members through innovative career literacy initiatives. Each year, West-MEC allocates a significant amount of money to our two elementary school districts. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The path to a career could start in middle school

The Hechinger Report

Dobbins asked the class, at Piedmont GLOBAL Academy, a majority-Hispanic middle school in southeastern Dallas. “A A growing number of states and school districts now require students to take career exploration classes in middle school. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift. Equity is important to us,” he said.

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Can you fix middle school by getting rid of it?

The Hechinger Report

Then, from the side of the school, the “big kids” came running, spilling from their modular middle school in headphones and hoodies to line up behind the younger children. The pendulum swings on K-8 versus middle schools. Ashley Park PreK-8 principal Joline Adams shows off the new middle school gym.