With a new school year not too far over the horizon, 7th grade teacher Laurie Hornik suggests way to get off to a strong start. First tip: skip the icebreakers.

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14.07.2025

Capabilities & Ethics of AI Found in Middle Grades Fiction

Novels that explore AI through stories grounded in real ethical and scientific questions spark discussions and critical thinking with students, says Kasey Short

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01.07.2025

Portrait of a Middle School STEM Student

Anne Jolly describes the well-rounded middle school student– ready for success in high school and beyond– and how STEM (and all) teachers can help them prepare.

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29.06.2025

3 Ways Ed Leaders Might Become More Present and Productive

Overwhelmed? Matt Renwick uses what he calls productive presence, "a system for organizing all my responsibilities so that I can focus on one thing at a time."

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27.06.2025

Prompting Deeper Discussions by Crafting Great Questions

Matthew Kay provides actionable insights on how to structure discussions, promote critical thinking, and create a safe classroom to encourage thoughtful debate.

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25.06.2025

Reading Aloud Succeeds as a Middle School Intervention

Jennifer Sniadecki shows how reading aloud provides students with opportunities to experience success through thinking alongside their teachers and peers.

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23.06.2025

Welcome the FANBOYS Conjunction Fan Club to Your Classroom

Patty McGee and Tim Donohue share fun, effective techniques to help more students evolve into grammar rock stars. Welcome to the FANBOYS conjunction fan club!

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20.06.2025

9 Leadership Strategies Support Your Most Valuable Teachers

Invest in Your Best is full of practical insights leaders can use to improve the retention of their most effective teachers and the performance of their school.

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16.06.2025

Classroom Anxiety: What It Is and What Teachers Can

By focusing more on student anxiety and the need for safety teachers can help kids experience the self regulation they need for learning, says Gravity Goldberg.

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13.06.2025

Strategies for Student-Driven Learning for Reading & Writing

"Step Aside" is full of ideas for secondary teachers to support and encourage students to become involved, engaged, and in control of their reading and writing.

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11.06.2025

Scaffolding Strategies to Teach Challenging Text

Teaching coach Jennifer Throndsen shares proven low-prep, easy to implement, research-based strategies teachers can use to scaffold learning for all students.

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09.06.2025

Getting Math Students to Show Their Reasoning

Math students will be eager to show their work when teachers shift away from memorizing steps and embrace reasoning, discussion and exploration says Mona Iehl.

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06.06.2025

Developing an Inquiry- and Asset-Based Approach to Grammar

In "Grammar Inquiries" Sean Ruday’s approach to grammar instruction prioritizes inquiry-based learning and asset-based practices to foster deeper understanding.

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04.06.2025

Organizing Writing at the Paragraph Level

To help students understand how they can vary sentence to sentence transitions to show cause and effect, contrast, and more, Tan Huynh uses a TABBS structure.

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02.06.2025

Students' Literacy Skills Flourish with Our Daily Attention

ELA teacher Jason DeHart explores the need to offer multiple avenues for students to read mentor texts, write every day, get teacher feedback, and collaborate.

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30.05.2025

A Problem-Based Learning Experience Using the ExCEL Model

Administrators or G/T coordinators can include Creating Equity as one part of a larger body of resources to support the implementation of problem-based learning

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28.05.2025

Building Neurodiversity-Affirming Schools

Affirming neurodiversity involves deeply reshaping educational practices and school culture to consistently acknowledge and respect our neurological differences.

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27.05.2025

Middle Grades Summer Reading and Learning Resources

It’s not too late to counter summer slide. Now’s the time to provide students with engaging summer reading and learning options with books and online resources.

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26.05.2025

AI Prompt Engineering: The New Literacy Skill for Students

Practice at choosing the best words for prompts, refining those prompts, and evaluating and adjusting responses can help students make AI a creative partner.

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23.05.2025

A Parent’s Guide Through the Middle Grades

Jody Passanisi shares strategies for parents of middle graders, from brain science to social, academic, technological and ethical issues.

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21.05.2025

Prep Middle Graders and STEM Students for AI’s Impact Now

Anne Jolly looks at how generative Artificial Intelligence works, what students can do with it, what to be cautious about, and how AI is shaping their futures.

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18.05.2025

7 Graphic Organizers to Scaffold Student Learning

Teaching coach Barbara Blackburn explores a traditional but very effective way to scaffold and support learning: graphic organizers. She shares seven examples.

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16.05.2025

How to Affirm and Support Gender-Expansive Students

Dave Edwards offers educators and administrators keys to creating more inclusive and supportive environments for students who identify as gender-expansive.

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13.05.2025

Friendly Grammar: Anchor Charts to Empower Student Writers

Patty McGee shows how sticky note anchor charts can transform grammar from a set of abstract rules into a practical toolkit that students actually want to use.

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12.05.2025

4 Critical Moves If You Teach Kids from Immigrant Families

If you teach students from immigrant families, EL teacher Dina Strasser is offering her list of “what can I do?” actions to prepare your school to support them.

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09.05.2025

Becoming Everyday Changemaker: Healing and Justice at School

Alex Shevrin Venet guides educators on how they can become effective, equity-centered, trauma-informed changemakers to provide healing and justice at school.

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08.05.2025

Cultivating a Whole Child Approach: Reflect to Connect

When we shape teaching practice around wholeness, we intentionally deepen the presence of social-emotional learning in our classrooms, writes Sabrina Winkleman.

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05.05.2025

How I'm Using AI Bots with My Writing Classes

To give students more detailed feedback on a writing assignment than she could provide herself, Katie Durkin experimented with AI. She's happy with the results.

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02.05.2025

Scientific Principles of Educational Practice and Research

Sarah Pennington recommends Scientific Principles of Teaching to educators in pk-12 and higher education due to its reader-friendly and well-researched content.

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29.04.2025

Dystopian Literature Just Right for Middle Schoolers

Teaching dystopian literature offers students a meaningful way to engage with literature while developing critical thinking and analytical skills. Kasey Short

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28.04.2025

Class and School Endings Can Help Kids Prep for What’s Ahead

Whether it's end of class or end of the year, middle school kids benefit from opportunities to recognize their learning and carry it forward to what comes next.

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25.04.2025

Scaffolding to Help Learners Meet Rigorous Expectations

Scaffolding for Success offers a comprehensive teaching framework to design lessons that combine rigor and support and enhance student engagement and learning.

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22.04.2025

Five-Minute Activities to Enrich Math Class

Michelle Russell shares brief filler activities that are easy to access, require little prep and increase students’ math fluency, logic skills, or number sense.

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21.04.2025

5 Ways School Leaders Provide Stability in Uncertain Times

Williamson and Blackburn offer strategies to school leaders to help them provide certainty and stability to faculty and community in times of great uncertainty.

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17.04.2025

Using Inquiry Learning Strategies in a Problem-Based World

Any educator looking to adopt problem-based learning will find Stanley’s Inquiry Learning in the Gifted Classroom to be a thorough explanation and useful guide.

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16.04.2025

Learning to Fly with AI: Prompts to Support Teachers' Work

Just like Top Gun Maverick had to trust his jet’s tech while employing his instincts and training, teachers today are learning how to fly with AI as a co-pilot.

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14.04.2025

Why I Stopped Teaching Math the Way I Was Taught in School

Mona Iehl shares the strategies she uses to engage students in learning math, going beyond procedures and worksheets to explore, discuss, and even have fun.

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11.04.2025

Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer’s Workshop

Mechanically Inclined is more than a book on grammar, usage, and style; it is a well-written, funny, smart glimpse into the classroom of a master teacher.

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09.04.2025

Designing Collaborative Student Work So That Everyone Learns

Karin Hess explains how group processing, positive interdependence, simultaneous engagement and individual accountability can assure successful group work.

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07.04.2025

What School of Rock Got Right about Education

What does School of Rock remind us about teaching? Simple. We can motivate kids to learn when we give them a chance to pursue their own interests and talents.

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Better Beginnings for Better Learning This Year

Capabilities & Ethics of AI Found in Middle Grades Fiction

Portrait of a Middle School STEM Student

3 Ways Ed Leaders Might Become More Present and Productive

Prompting Deeper Discussions by Crafting Great Questions

Reading Aloud Succeeds as a Middle School Intervention

Welcome the FANBOYS Conjunction Fan Club to Your Classroom

9 Leadership Strategies Support Your Most Valuable Teachers

Classroom Anxiety: What It Is and What Teachers Can

Strategies for Student-Driven Learning for Reading & Writing

Scaffolding Strategies to Teach Challenging Text

Getting Math Students to Show Their Reasoning

Developing an Inquiry- and Asset-Based Approach to Grammar

Organizing Writing at the Paragraph Level

Students' Literacy Skills Flourish with Our Daily Attention

A Problem-Based Learning Experience Using the ExCEL Model

Building Neurodiversity-Affirming Schools

Middle Grades Summer Reading and Learning Resources

AI Prompt Engineering: The New Literacy Skill for Students

A Parent’s Guide Through the Middle Grades

Prep Middle Graders and STEM Students for AI’s Impact Now

7 Graphic Organizers to Scaffold Student Learning

How to Affirm and Support Gender-Expansive Students

Friendly Grammar: Anchor Charts to Empower Student Writers

4 Critical Moves If You Teach Kids from Immigrant Families

Becoming Everyday Changemaker: Healing and Justice at School

Cultivating a Whole Child Approach: Reflect to Connect

How I'm Using AI Bots with My Writing Classes

Scientific Principles of Educational Practice and Research

Dystopian Literature Just Right for Middle Schoolers

Class and School Endings Can Help Kids Prep for What’s Ahead

Scaffolding to Help Learners Meet Rigorous Expectations

Five-Minute Activities to Enrich Math Class

5 Ways School Leaders Provide Stability in Uncertain Times

Using Inquiry Learning Strategies in a Problem-Based World

Learning to Fly with AI: Prompts to Support Teachers' Work

Why I Stopped Teaching Math the Way I Was Taught in School

Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer’s Workshop

Designing Collaborative Student Work So That Everyone Learns

What School of Rock Got Right about Education

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