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I’m a first-year teacher. How do I become successful in the classroom?

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I teach 12th grade now, but when I was a middle school teacher, I was constantly thinking of ways to reach students. Today, during parent-teacher conferences, a parent approached me and asked, “Did you used to teach at Meramec Elementary School?” Here’s how to get through your first school year.

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I’m a first-year teacher. How can I find success in the classroom?

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I teach 12th grade now, but when I was a middle school teacher, I was constantly thinking of ways to reach students. Today, during parent-teacher conferences, a parent approached me and asked, “Did you used to teach at Meramec Elementary School?” You have a toolbox of strategies from your pre-teacher service work.

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Can Data Literacy Be Fun? The Census Bureau Is Building An App For That

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Wong says her team realized through those conversations that high schools and elementary schools had plenty of data-literacy resources to draw from. It was middle school that experienced a gap. That really motivated our focus toward middle school teachers and students,” Wong says. “We

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Big Deals—Khan Academy Boosts National Civics Bee, AI Tackles Campus Safety, and Stanford Offers Online Math

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Middle school students in grades 6-8 flex their civics knowledge for a chance to win recognition and cash prizes. Chambers of commerce across 27 states will host in-person contests in their communities this school year. We are happy that it is now available to high school students.”

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Why Middle Schoolers Thrive in a Self-Paced Classroom

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Middle schoolers, they warned us, are unable to work at their own pace because they lack academic fundamentals, intrinsic motivation and basic time management skills. This is especially true for sixth graders, they said, who are managing a challenging transition to middle school and lack independence.

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How the Internet Neighborhood is Like Any Other Community

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Teachers no longer lecture from a dais with student learning contained within the schoolhouse walls. They already visit web-based edutainment sites as early as preschool, use ‘Instagram’ and multi-player XBox games in elementary school, and have made text messaging and Facebook their communication of choice by Middle School.

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Can Blended Learning Improve Equity in One of Nation’s Most Diverse Districts?

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This sense of inclusion is particularly important for Morris’s growing ELL population, a group which has historically faced racial, economic and linguistic isolation within the American school system. It build rapport in a way traditional lecturing simply cannot.” Meanwhile, In High School and Middle School.