Fine Arts Across the Curriculum

Features

Curriculum Brokering: Integrating Authentic Visual Arts
Jacqueline McDowell

Teaching with Tunes: 21 Ideas for Incorporating Music Throughout the Curriculum
Folwell Dunbar

Singin' Those New Kid Blues
Adam Reeves

Metaphors of Our Teaching: Navigating the White Water
Nita A. Paris

Teaching Student Leadership in an Inner-City School
Joél Lewis, Monica Hunter, and André Green

High-Maintenance Students? Try Creative Competition
Tracy McCalla

Two Roads Diverged: On Leaving Middle School
Joellen Maples

Reaching Parents Out on a Limb
Robert Ruder

Teaching Beyond the Textbook
Annalee Good

Testing the Research: Students as Scientists
Hannah Ariel

The Power of Looping and Long-Term Relationships
Robert C. Fenter

Pioneering Middle Level Looping in a K–8 School
Kay Voyer

We've Got Spirit, How About You?
Nancy Morris

In Every Issue

Editor's Note
Patricia George
An old friend

Executive Director's Note
Betty Edwards
As I look out the windows

News to Use
Information to promote effective middle level education

NMSA in Action
Information about what's going on at NMSA and with NMSA affiliates

Teams in Action
Ann Asher, Brandi Owens, and Ryan Wideman
Character Council Promotes Values in School and Community

Teaching in the Middle
Rick Wormeli
Failure Preferred, Actually

Click Here
Brenda Dyck
Talk Is Cheap: Using Emerging Technologies to Connect Learners

The Mark of Leadership
Tom Burton
Developing Leaders

Reviews and Resources
Books and resources of interest to middle level educators

Megaphone
Amusing, interesting, and provocative comments from the field of education

Spotlight on Language Arts
Show, Don't Tell: Activities for Image-Driven Writing
Carol Baldwin

Quick Activities to Keep Students Focused
Kathy A. Powenski