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Challenging students to see and achieve their unique potential

eSchool News

K-12 teachers, counselors, and other front-line educators all need an effective framework with a set of tools to assess, intervene, and empower our students to see and achieve their own unique potentials, whether in the classroom, guidance counseling sessions, student orientation, or community service opportunities.

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3 tips to combat chronic absenteeism in high schools

eSchool News

A recent report found that this wanes somewhat throughout middle school, and, by the time students reach high school, many schools subscribe to the belief that the need for school-to-home communication diminishes. This alarming trend jeopardizes students’ academic achievement, graduation prospects, and life outcomes.

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Elmwood School: Where Girls Rise with Confidence, Curiosity and Global Vision

k12 Digest

There was no fanfarejust a vision, a small classroom, and a deep belief in what girls could achieve when given the right environment to grow. On-site counselling is always available, and the schools ties to community mental health organizations ensure no student falls through the cracks.

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School Counselor of the Year Reflects on What Students and Teachers Lost and Gained in 2022

Edsurge

My days involve a combination of classroom counseling, meeting students in small groups and one-on-one sessions and consulting with staff and caregivers. Priority 3: Accelerate academic achievement. We have enhanced our community partnerships to include an on-site mental health clinician as well as telehealth counseling for students.

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Families of Color Have Good Reasons to Mistrust Schools. We Must Change That.

Edsurge

At College Achieve Public Schools in New Jersey, a public charter school network that serves mostly students of color who fall below the poverty line, we know that if parents aren’t enthusiastic, engaged participants in their school community, they are far less likely to achieve their goals of sending children to and through college.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. Moreover, assessment should be incorporated as an integral component of the student learning experience.

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Revisiting the Legacy of San Francisco’s Detracking Experiment

Edsurge

But these hierarchies affect students belief systems and also tend to lower teachers expectations of students labeled worse at math, Nguyen says. Detracking doesnt solve the underlying problem, which is achievement gaps, Loveless argues. Its not that its always intentional, hes quick to add.

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