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Choose-Your-Ending Reading: Decision Making Meets Middle School Literacy
Decision Making Through Character Stories. Middle school is full of real choices. Friend groups shift. Workloads grow. Phones add noise....
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Your Online Self Is a Transcript Too: Digital identity and reputation in the middle years
Digital Identity in Middle School. Adolescents grow up in public. Group chats, posts, and screenshots create an audience that shifts by...
2 min read


The First Résumé Lives in the Classroom: Early college and career awareness in middle school
Early Career Awareness in Middle School. Middle school sits between childhood and the world of work. Students are old enough to notice...
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People Power in the Age of AI: The human edge middle school must grow
Interpersonal Skills in the Age of AI. Tools can draft, summarize, and sort at incredible speed. They cannot build trust. Teams move...
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Middle School Decision Making: Why these years shape judgment for life
What changes in the brain and social world during early adolescence, why choices feel harder, and what helps students develop sound...
2 min read
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