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Finding the Magic in Middle School: Tapping Into the Power and
Potential of the Middle School Years

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An empowering guide for parents and teachers seeking a positive, practical alternative to the
confusion and struggles of middle school.&#8220Amust-read for anyone who has a tween or
works with tweens.&#8221#8212 Madeline Levine, New York Times bestselling author of The
Price of Privilege and Ready or NotHow can parents stay close with their children through middle
school? How do we help middle schoolers discover who they are, enjoy friendships, and manage
their growing emotions? What kinds of learning experiences will keep them curious and
motivated?These and more questions are answered in this highly engaging and informed guide to
the middle school years. Chris Balme draws on his experience as a middle school founder,
principal, and teacher, together with the latest adolescent neuroscience. He shows what is going
on in the brains of middle schoolers, and how that affects everything from their friendships to the
way they relate to parents or show up in a classroom.Parents will gain insight into how to
transform their parenting to help middle schoolers find greater independence, connect well with
peers, and have the deepest learning possible in and out of school. Educators will learn about the
developmental keys to making middle school a place of belonging, with deep social and emotional
learning and academics that draw out students&#8217full motivation and potential.Praise for
Finding the Magic in Middle School&#8220Ilove Finding the Magic in Middle School &#8212as a
parent of tweens, an educator, and a school design innovator. Chris's love for young people and
the awkward but powerful path of self-discovery they travel in the middle school years is obvious,
and its clarity inspires us to see and want to enable the magic. Weaving together brain research,
storytelling, and design insights, Chris breaks us free from the old narrative of
adolescence.&#8221#8212 Kim Smith, Co-Founder of NewSchools Venture Fund and Pahara
Institute&#8220Wht Chris Balme calls the Ultimate Underdogs&#8212midle schoolers&#8212ar in
for a better time of it now that he's written this book. After 20 years of working with this
underestimated, under-trusted, under-stimulated swath of humanity, Balme has distilled what they
need most, and how to give it to them. Hint: It doesn't look like your old social studies
class.&#8221#8212 Lenore Skenazy, author of Free Range Kids