Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education.

AMLE Feature:

Fundamentals for Student Success in the Middle Grades

http://amle.org/Advocacy/AdvocacyToolstoUse/FundamentalsPresentation/tabid/793/Default.aspx#

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Bad Dog: http://dog-shaming.com/

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Starting of the school year...

Eileen Award:

Eric Huff

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Classrooms Around the World

http://www.juliangermain.com/projects/classrooms.php

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE MINUTE-STEM ACROSS MIDDLE GRADES

This podcast is based on the article "STEM Across Middle Grades Curriculum," written by Chad Pavlekovich, Jenny Benardi, and Jayne Malach. It was published in the August 2012 edition of "Middle Ground," a magazine published by the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE). Salisbury MIddle School in Salisbury, Maryland has had a STEM program for three years. The program serves 90 students, 30 in each grade level. The STEM program includes three core subjects (science, ELA, history), technology education, and computer science.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.amle.org/Publications/MiddleGround/Articles/August2012/Article3/tabid/2674/Default.aspx

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Join #mschat on Thursdays at 8:00 pm EST on Twitter!

Resources:

150 Book Report Alternatives:

http://cheekylit.com/75-book-report-alternatives/

How to Turn Your Classroom into an Idea Factory

Here are eight tips to borrow from classrooms where teachers are reinventing yesterday’s schools as tomorrow’s idea factories.

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/08/how-to-turn-your-classroom-into-an-idea-factory/

First Day of School Activity

http://cherraolthof.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/day-1/

ISTE:

New Times, New Solutions:

Strategies to Sustain Professional Development

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Web Spotlight:

If Sal Khan Says He’s Teaching, Are Students Learning? [Achievement vs. Learning]

By TeacherSolutions 2030 Team

Teachers, Cheating, and Incentives

http://danariely.com/2012/07/07/teachers-cheating-and-incentives-2/

A running theme that the only thing that matters is test scores

BY SCOTT MCLEOD

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2012/08/a-running-theme-that-the-only-thing-that-matters-is-test-scores.html

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