ED Surge

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

On a recent walk after spending a day working with middle school teachers on engagement strategies, I was listening to the “We Can Do Hard Things” podcast. Most of the oldest students of this generation are now in middle school. This generation has a deep sense of global connection, which teachers can tap into.

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Education Middle School Global Connections K-12 141

Digital Promise

JUNE 6, 2019

I created one such Powerful Learning experience with my students through a mission project where they made personal connections with life in Bangladesh. At River Dell Middle School in River Edge, New Jersey, my class was preparing to read the novel The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Making Personal and Global Connections.

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Global Connections Middle School Cultures Teaching 97

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

A child rides a bike on the playground at Global Connections Learning Center in Jackson. This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. Photo: Jackie Mader. JACKSON, Miss.

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