High-quality support and resources for the middle grades
Former first lady Laura Bush walked into a classroom at Wilkinson Middle School on Tuesday and sat down among the students. While students tittered nervously at her presence, the former teacher and librarian opened up the book Pancakes for Breakfast and helped the kids come up with their own stories to match the book’s pictures. “You never give up being a teacher,” she said later with a laugh. Though…
Leslie Feinglas is seeking ways to improve the education of the 900-plus students in her care, and this year, she’s getting a little presidential assistance. As principal of Mesquite’s Walter L. Wilkinson Middle School, she will join professors and researchers from Johns Hopkins, Florida State, Arcadia and Southern Methodist universities to provide hands-on instruction in reading, writing and math. The school is one of three schools to receive on-site instruction from…
The Middle School Matters Institute, an initiative of the George W. Bush Institute at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, in partnership with The University of Texas at Austin’s Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin (MCPER), held its annual summer conference June 17-19.
San Angelo’s Robert E. Lee Middle School was selected as one of three schools to receive tutelage from nationally recognized educational researchers during the 2014-15 school year. Professors and researchers from the likes of the University of Texas and Johns Hopkins University will hit the Lee campus in October to provide hands-on staff development to improve reading, math and writing strategies. “We want the latest research to put in our classrooms so…
The George W. Bush Institute at the George W. Bush Presidential Center announced the selection of three schools to receive intensive support from nationally recognized educational researchers during the 2014-2015 school year through its Middle School Matters (MSM) program. Robert E. Lee Middle School is one of three schools chosen to receive help in implementing high-quality, research-based strategies for advanced reasoning, data management, dropout prevention, and instruction in reading, writing, and math.