The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2021

We can’t always really be so carefree,” said Isabella, who attended a public middle school in Brooklyn last spring. “We Isabella Juma and her peers are trying to make sense of the events of the last two years while navigating one of the most complex and frustrating times in anyone’s life: middle school.

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Mr and Mrs Social Studies

AUGUST 4, 2022

In this blog post, we will give you 8 different classroom decor themes that are perfect for middle school. If you are looking for other back to school activities and teaching ideas during the first week of school, check out this related blog post ! You might want something that is easy to use and won’t take much time.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2022

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 Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Before the pandemic, middle school students’ test scores in math tended to decline as they moved through each grade. Middle school math teachers need something more tailored to them. In the best of circumstances, middle school math is uniquely difficult. Middle school math is uniquely difficult.

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Mr and Mrs Social Studies

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The post Question of the Day Ideas for Middle School Students appeared first on Mr and Mrs Social Studies. If so, you’ll love our free guide: “5 Creative Projects to Ignite Student Engagement in Your Social Studies Class.” These activities have both printable and digital options and can work for any social studies subject!

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 7, 2021

How will I use what was learned today outside of school, and how does it connect to the real world? A few weeks ago, I received an email from Dr. Nathan Hall, the Corinth Middle School principal in Mississippi. As I conducted my monthly coaching visit at Corinth Middle School, here is what I saw in Ms.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Unfortunately, having a dedicated remote teacher for the upper-grade levels isn't an option in smaller school districts. After listening to some teacher concerns at the middle school, I began to map out a framework that could help teachers manage their time better while in school.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The exercise is part of a new program that encourages learning middle school math through real world problem-solving, now in use in 190 school districts across 36 states. The concept caught my attention during a demonstration at HolonIQ’s ‘Back to School ’ summit in New York City earlier this month.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2023

BUGS, one of hundreds of “themed” middle schools spread across New York City and the nation, fully embodies the “Green” school concept. Sometimes there will be a name on a school that has nothing to do with what’s happening in the building. You make them the essence of the school.” It’s more like branding.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2024

Despite high math scores in earlier grades and a passion for the subject, I was placed into lower-level math courses in middle school. The post OPINION: As a Black middle-school student, I was tracked into lower-level math classes that kept me back appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 9, 2021

Recently I received a text message from Nathan Hall, the principal of Corinth Middle School, where I have been coaching for the past two years. It has been incredible watching Betty, and her colleagues at Corinth Middle School grow over the past couple of years. Case in point.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 23, 2021

We all first learned of idioms probably during the middle school years in English class. There are so many out there, such as “it’s raining cats and dogs,” “you hit the nail on the head,” and “there are bigger fish to fry.”

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 8, 2021

Recently I was working with the leadership team at Moanalua Middle School (MMS) in Hawaii. One of the coaching topics that came up was how to improve the Response to Intervention (RTI) process as a means to support learners.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 26, 2022

In Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms , the stories of Mrs. Williams (kindergarten), Mr. South (middle school science), and Dr. Hynoski (high school science) were shared. While each in its own right had an incredible impact on me as a learner and person, it wasn’t until recently that I reconnected with Mr.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2019

To help build the program, junior academies were created at the middle school to spark interest and function as a feeder pipeline. Below are some pictures of makerspaces at New Milford High School and Mt. Olive Middle School in New Jersey. Students graduated with a mini-major specific to their interests.

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Anthropology News

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In American public schools, disabled youth with significant support and academic needs are often educated in separate programs. The cafeteria was a wild place: large, chaotic, echoing with shouting and friendly and not-so-friendly mockery that makes up middle school sociality. Neither Laura nor Jamal was comfortable there.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

I love how middle school teachers responsible for remote learners have created a virtual station rotation model in Canvas. It allows students to progress towards standards based on their mastery levels, interests, and goals.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 18, 2020

In Mount Olive, school officials were initially doubtful the district could support virtual learning. The district distributed 1,300 Chromebooks to its middle school students and decided to pay $4,600 to provide wireless access for any student who didn’t have it at home. “We Then they hatched a last-minute plan.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In a middle school classroom, a teacher used a picture prompt, which you can see below. In an elementary classroom as class started the kids responded to the following prompt during an ELA block – “If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?” Anticipatory sets should not be a time sap when it comes to planning.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

Typically, I only share the ones created by Wells (TX), Snow Horse (UT), and Corinth Elementary (MS) as well as Corinth Middle School. I was also equally terrified as I had never created a choice board of my own. As I have stated for years, don’t ask others to do what you have not done or are not willing to do yourself.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

It is here where I try my best to look at the world through the eyes of my two children who are both in middle school. Then there is my parent lens.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Science and research compel all educators to integrate more movement into the school day. Add more recess not just in elementary, but in middle school as well. Below is a short list of simple ideas to make this a reality. Intentionally incorporate activities into each lesson regardless of the age of your students.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

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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Active History Teacher

DECEMBER 31, 2023

I have created an engaging and competitive review game for middle school and secondary classrooms that your students will be dying to play! I have used this game in both middle school and high school and it is perfect for both ages. I taught middle school for many years. Enter: Swat the Star!

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

His colleagues across all content areas at the high school have begun to implement an array of innovative strategies such as station rotation, choice boards, self-pacing, digital check-ins with students, and the purposeful use of technology aligned to effective pedagogy.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Some have given up eating lunch entirely, which worries Phyllis Fagell, a school counselor and author of the book Middle School Matters. Middle school years are tough years. A bunch of uncomfortable adolescents are navigating social distancing rules while figuring out when and if to take down their masks.

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TeachThought

APRIL 4, 2024

What The Research Says About The Effect Of Socioeconomic Status In High School And College Baker and Johnston (2010) conducted a study of middle school-aged students with the purpose of examining the impact SES has on performance during standardized testing. Their study involved 14,049 students across fifty-one middle schools.

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TeachThought

MARCH 23, 2024

Let’s look at a sample lesson used in middle school science. Differentiation aims to help students learn and grow, and if they are learning rigorous content, we must provide appropriate support so they can succeed. The topic is oceans, and the teacher faced the issue of having a small group of students who couldn’t read the text.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In Fairfax County, Virginia, thousands of middle school students experience what most of their peers leave behind in elementary school — recess. Fairfax County schools, a district of around 181,000 students, has taken an unusual step in mandating recess for all its middle school students. CHANTILLY, Va. –

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TeachThought

JUNE 10, 2024

Examples of Constructionism Example 1: Learning in a Classroom Scenario: A middle school technology class is learning about coding. Outcome: Through hands-on experience, the child understands fractional relationships by actively engaging with the materials and applying fractions to a real-world scenario.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

News & World Report released its first-ever rankings of public elementary and middle schools in the United States. Schools in the bottom quarter of all schools in a given jurisdiction were not ranked, but simply identified as being in the bottom quarter. Is there a better way to rank schools? Related: Do U.S.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 18, 2024

We first met Nakia, a student at Chilhowee Middle School in rural Benton, Tennessee, in 2018. We’d look at another school that has technology, and we’re like, ‘Wow, I wish we had those possibilities.’” Every student and teacher at Chilhowee, Austin Middle School (Texas), John A.

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TeachThought

AUGUST 1, 2024

Certain students may feel overly liberated—especially in middle school—with the idea of a ‘game,’ and so expectations must be carefully given to younger K-8 learners—and even 9-12—to ensure that every student is set up for success. 10 Team-Building Games For The First Day Of School 1.

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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. These truths are simply part of how the Generation Alpha’s worldview is being formed.

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Future of History

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Teaching about Judaism, Christianity and Islam needs to be a staple in middle school world history and culture classes. On the anniversary of October 7, Lauren Brown points out misconceptions and offers resource ideas to help counter students' frequent confusion.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2020

The resources are organized by: Early childhood/elementary Middle school/high school Black Lives Matter 13 Guiding Principles. The website includes: Interviews and advice from experts Resources list Articles. Area Educators for Social Justice website has a collection of resources for educators.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

And this deceptively simple – and free – tool has built an impressive evidence base and a following among middle school math teachers. It had distributed laptops to every middle school student years before the ASSISTments experiment. In the North Carolina study, some teachers had students do the homework in school.

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