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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

Jami Rhue : I never thought of librarianship until I went to a job fair for Chicago Public Schools, and they were looking for school librarians. I was more of a periodical girl, with the magazines and the newspapers and an occasional novel or self-help book. I had earned my masters in the art of teaching elementary education.

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8 Budget-Friendly Prizes for Students

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

Here are eight budget-friendly prize ideas that your middle school students will enjoy! At the middle school level, gifts are usually less formal, so one of these items could definitely be enough, such as a homework pass. So, how do we provide students with meaningful prizes without breaking the bank?

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STUDENT VOICES: Transfer schools offer a second chance to graduate high school

The Hechinger Report

After getting expelled from two middle schools and “doing literally nothing all day” at a Brooklyn high school for aspiring artists, Stephanie Gaweda decided she wanted to turn her life around. In an effort to reengage recent dropouts, Good Shepherd founded South Brooklyn Community High School.

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Going Beyond the Hour of Code

Digital Promise

Read a book, blog, or magazine. Hello World magazine from the Raspberry Pi Foundation (a magazine on computing and digital making for educators by educators). middle school curricula. high school curricula. Teaching CS Fundamentals from Code.org (3-8 hours). Start a club.

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EdSurge Reporter Wins Top Prize for Journalism About Low Teacher Pay

ED Surge

One of them, “ Our Nation’s Teachers Are Hustling to Survive ,” was co-published with the investigative magazine Mother Jones. It explores why nearly 1 in 5 American public school teachers have to work a second job outside of the classroom to make ends meet. But I wondered, could we afford to keep them?”

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Not Just for Math: A Tiered System of Learning Supports for Any Subject

Cult of Pedagogy

Listen to the interview with Sarah Riggs Johnson and Nate Wolkenhauer: Sponsored by Studyo and Scholastic Magazines+ This post was co-written by Nate Wolkenhauer. I teach in a small 6-12 independent school with my colleague and friend, Nate Wolkenhauer. Sarah If you teach middle school, you already know about math anxiety.

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Grit under attack

The Hechinger Report

Seated at the dais was Angela Duckworth, the University of Pennsylvania psychologist, who took the familiar word “grit” and fashioned it into a psychological term that has captivated school leaders, teachers and parents across the country. In both experiments, those who didn’t dispense advice felt less committed to their goals.