Today AMLE is pleased to announce the 2025 Class of AMLE Schools of Distinction. 🥳 Each underwent a rigorous evaluation to demonstrate their active implementation of middle grades best practice. From coast to coast, and large to small, they show us that the middle school model

Feeling AMLE25 FOMO? There’s still time to be a part of the action at the 52nd Annual Conference for Middle Level Education! The 2nd Call for Presentations just opened, accepting submissions in the following formats: ✔️Spark & Tell ✔️Speed Learning ✔️Snapshot Poster Don’t

Great resource especially parents new to the middle school!

This is a great resource for middle level parents!! Well worth the money to help parents adjust to the environment of a middle level student!

THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A TEACHER IS THAT IT MATTERS. THE HARDEST THING ABOUT BEING A TEACHER IS THAT IT MATTERS EVERY DAY. #education #teachers

TODAY is the deadline for AMLE25 early bird registration! We can't wait for you to meet our 3 powerhouse keynote speakers for the 52nd Annual Conference for Middle Level Education. These champions of youth are each contributing in their own unique way to empowering every student

"New middle school parents, it's time to embrace the weird! It’s a feature, not a bug. Middle schoolers are gloriously kooky, and teachers, with their front-row seat to the adolescent circus, can confirm: weird is normal." Read AMLE CEO Stephanie Simpson's love letter to new

Three weeks from today!! We can’t wait to see you at #CAMLE25! Check out another session we’ll be offering focused on durable skills and career exploration with Rebecca Perrone from nXu! See you there, friends!

Great teachers empathize with kids, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon. #education #teachers

Ask me about my new Elements of Effective Teaming Curriculum. I can send you a sample to see how you can use it in your school or district.

Attention, Spartans! World Day of Bullying Prevention is on Monday, October 6th. #BeKind and #BlueUp by wearing BLUE on the first Monday of October to show your support! Together, we can prevent bullying!

What's working in your classroom or school? AMLE seeks practitioner-focused articles from middle level educators on a variety of topics. Learn more and submit ➡️ ow.ly/yMNQ50W12Sb

"I have been to many conferences, but none that involved a community solely focused on the middle grades like this one." We hear that a lot, and we're proud of it! 😀 Come find your middle school "people" at AMLE25 in Indianapolis this November. We can't wait for you to meet

When a student fails a quiz, or a test, or a project… what would compel that student to get it turned around for the next one? I’ll tell you one thing: the relentless encouragement and support of a teacher. Props to the teachers who never give up on their students.

Have you heard the SUPER news? Any principal or assistant principal registered for the AMLE Annual Conference can invite their superintendent, assistant superintendent, or a senior-level district administrator with significant oversight of middle level education to attend

How administrators interact in the cafeteria, bus line, hallway, etc, may be more important for building relationships and culture than how they interact in a meeting or their office. Culture and morale are impacted by all interactions.

I put this affirmation on a student’s desk today and encouraged her to repeat it to herself often. I find that sometimes I need to do the same. Positive self-talk is for all ages. 🫶🏻 #StarfishClub

Great teachers have high expectations for their students, but higher expectations for themselves. #education #teachers

Do not let people change you into someone you’re not. This is just so important. 🫶🏻 #StarfishClub

DYK: AMLE has created a new series of community one-pagers that explain core middle school structures, and their benefits to staff, students, and families? Each is available free to members and can be found under the "About Middle School" menu on amle.org.