For Teachers, Middle School Is Test of Wills - New York Times - 1 views
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Lisa Keeler on 09 Feb 12There is a dearth on the focus of preparing teachers for Middle School education. A difficult and challenging age, but one where a good teacher and caring adult can make all the difference.
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Brooklyn: How to snuff out brewing fistfights before the first punch is thrown, how to coax adolescents crippled by low self-esteem into raising their hands, how to turn every curveball, even the biting insult, into a teachable moment.
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“We’re really in a malpractice kind of environment, where we’re preparing teachers for elementary classrooms and high school classrooms but not middle-grades classrooms,” said Peggy Gaskill, research chairwoman of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform, an alliance of educators, researchers and others seeking to improve middle school education.