Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2023

I think that's fair for teachers — they buy granola bars for students out of their own money, so they want to give stuff away — but others are good at it.” Hillary Robbins, who spent 10 years as an elementary and middle school teacher in Texas, says she scoured the internet for information on making the jump to edtech before making any moves.

Coaching 186

Coaching Fairness Culture Middle School 186

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This begs an important question: When schools know that they’re on the receiving end of that supply, what need is there for meaningful, lasting change to the school’s culture or approach? For no reason other than I wanted a change of scenery, I found myself in Metro Nashville Public Schools. Is This the Best We Can Do?

Teaching 168

Teaching Culture Failure Fairness 168

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2019

At Westgate Community School, a K-12 school in Thornton, Colo., I became assistant principal in 2018, but served as dean of culture at Westgate for three years prior. I was originally hired in 2015, to support the only counselor at our school, which served 500 students at the time.

Counselling 165

Counselling Confidentiality Middle School Middle School 165

Teacher Toms Blog

APRIL 24, 2025

I only spent a few minutes scrolling through the comments, but most of them seemed to be coming from middle school teachers in public schools who were accusing the kids of being disrespectful and destructive. Maybe the disrespect and destructiveness isn't isolated to middle school classrooms.

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Middle School Middle School Fairness Culture 109

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In middle school, I participated in Future City , a STEM competition for middle schoolers. I figured that what gave me joy in elementary school would do the same for my students. Influenced by my own experiences and the philosophy of my school, competition became a staple in our classroom culture.

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Motivation Students Middle School Middle School 174

Cal Matters

MAY 14, 2025

In summary The San Jose Evergreen Community College District offers a course at a local middle school, and plans to offer more in the future. the regular school day at August Boeger Middle School had already ended, but one class is about to start. The college faculty union worries that the students are too young.

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Middle School Middle School Counselling Schools 95

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The Board of Supervisors voted to bring back middle-school algebra, and a city ballot measure to reinstate eighth-grade algebra passed with about 82 percent of the vote. Critics also challenged the arguments and data used by the district to justify the policy. This year San Francisco unraveled its nearly 10-year experiment.

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Math Grades Counselling Beliefs 181

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2016

Many of them would enjoy the creative problem-solving of engineering—and they won’t know unless they choose, enjoy, and stay involved in engineering coursework during middle and high school. Encouraging diverse participation in STEM in middle school is crucial. That’s the teacher’s job.

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Science STEM Failure Middle School 110

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

Count Connie Scalzetti, a middle-school teacher at CICS West Belden in Chicago, among the believers. Allowing students to move on when they’re ready—or revisit something when they need support—is giving everyone a fair chance at being successful.”. In the middle school, students leverage the.

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Learning Middle School Middle School Schools 111

eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

But initially when I first came into the school district, you know, everything’s about timing. We had the right board, good atmosphere, the culture we needed to work on, and we started an initiative to write our strategic plan. So we’ve seen a change in the culture, and that’s intense. Away their devices.

Technology 164

Technology Schools English Mobile Devices 164

Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 21, 2025

By middle school, your students are starting to discover their places in society. Why do cultures develop stereotypes? Do you feel like this is fair? Should students have the same rights and privileges in schools that adults have in society? What is an example of a cultural norm in the United States?

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Questions Grades Social Studies Middle School 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Also by the NEA , this site includes Middle School lesson plans on the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and anti-slavery, background resources, interactive maps, games, quizzes, video, and audio. Activities for High School. Activities for Grades 6-8. More activities. Google explores Presidents. Learn about each President.

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Activities Quizzes History Fairness 88

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Plans are in place to provide faculty with appropriate professional learning opportunities and, perhaps most important, heads of school have nurtured a school culture of risk-taking and innovation in which faculty feel safe to experiment, fail, and try again.

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Schools Internet Lecturing Mobile Devices 112

Catlin Tucker

MAY 27, 2025

They hired me over the phone to teach fifth grade, and I moved there, and so that was definite eye opening and a bit of a culture shock, but also the most memorable experiences I’ve ever had in teaching. I was at a middle school, and they were opening a brand new entrepreneurial mindset, school type, high school.

Schools 195

Schools Coaching Fairness Technology 195

EAB

MAY 8, 2023

That school connects to their future aspirations: 63% of teens wish their high school provided more information about the variety of postsecondary opportunities available.

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Counselling Discussions Motivation Beliefs 52

EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

So our near-peer coaching programs at Let's Get Ready are fully virtual, they're text-based, culturally responsive, and they're built on youth development and behavioral economics research. So I think it's a fair question that many people have. So they'll host like shared fairs or shared opportunities for like fly-in programs or stuff.

Coaching 91

Coaching Communication Essay High School 91

EAB

JULY 11, 2023

EAB’s Wenie Lado is joined by Dr. Brian Peterson from the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches, advises students, and serves as the Director of Penn’s Makuu Black Cultural Center. So I am Dr. Brian Peterson I run University of Pennsylvania's Black Cultural Center, which is called Makuu. DP: Absolutely. No I'm great.

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Culture History Questions Essay 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Group-centered leadership and citizenship education, aimed at securing voting rights for African Americans, were grounded in the community and in family support, both of these vital in the rural South.

Math 184

Math Education Laboratory Fairness 184

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2024

Many teachers that I have talked to don't like to call parents,” says Crystal Frommert, a middle school math teacher at a private school in Houston. “We And that's not fair because we never really know what's going on in someone's house. How much language and cultural barriers can play a role in parent communication?

Technology 205

Technology Teachers Communication Language 205

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

Carl Brownlee, middle school teacher Here’s a popular movie plot: Great teacher goes into a troubled neighborhood and turns around a low-performing school. In fact, in a broken district such as Detroit’s, schools in hard-bitten neighborhoods sometimes go from “turnarounds” to closure. They need it. They deserve it.”'

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Teachers Schools Coaching Fairness 137

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

I do think that there are things that teachers stay away from because they are afraid that it will get them into some sort of trouble and one of the things is current events, says Samantha Futrell, a middle school social studies teacher in Richmond, Virginia. We feel so polarized right now.

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History Social Studies Teachers Textbooks 182

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Many said campaign rhetoric about failing schools and politically motivated teachers was deeply hurtful and simply wrong. In my school, in my district, were not out trying to reculture kids. We dont have a cultural message; were trying to take care of every one of our students, said Jim Bever, a junior high principal.

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Teachers Schools Elementary School Elementary School 216