eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

Between 2011 and 2019, the number of high school students reporting persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness increased nearly 10 percent, from 28 percent to 37 percent. Building from work by Bandura , Social Learning Theory proposes that adopting new behaviors and knowledge comes from observing others.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Synchronous online learning” generally refers to live learning activities that must happen at a set time (often over Zoom or a similar platform), while “asynchronous online learning” refers to almost everything else (completing assignments, doing readings, watching videos, etc.). Let’s start with the basics.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

It is a part of the Lumen Christi Academies , a group of Catholic schools in the San Francisco Bay Area whose mission is to “nurture ethical scholars who will change the world” through active, personalized and student-led learning. However, encouraging students to take ownership for their group members is difficult.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

The independent private school in Medina, Wash., Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. The school also encourages teachers to teach each other and share their strategies, says Kimberly Mecham, director of St.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Students didn’t like the traditional textbook-and-worksheet-centric course, and their teachers and district staff were concerned that a lack of engagement was translating into lower grades at Canada’s Ottawa Catholic School Board’s (OCSB) high schools. who is being left behind. There is still room for improvement, however.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

If they are working from home, parents may still not be available to help their children with coursework during the school day; if they are working outside the home, students are often attending class from a grandparent or other caregiver’s house.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2017

Current statistics show that scholars of color and females are underrepresented in STEM fields across the country, and so FWPS is actively taking steps to provide STEM and STEAM (STEM with an emphasis on the arts) opportunities for each scholar from kindergarten through high school graduation. STEM Exploration Night.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2018

But by exposing them to different career paths, we can get them thinking about their life after high school before it’s too late. With our new focus, we are one of 10 high school districts in Illinois that have started to move to competency-based learning. Having a job may seem a lifetime away for a child.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2018

That commitment includes building state-of-the-art labs at its middle and high schools, where students can work on projects as part of their engineering courses or after-school clubs. Charlottesville standardized on Lenovo ThinkCentre All-In-One desktop computers in its middle and high school tech labs.

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k12 Digest

MARCH 4, 2025

He currently serves as the Proud Superintendent of the Texarkana Arkansas School District, where he is committed to making a lasting impact on students, educators, and the community. He later became the Assistant Superintendent of School Leadership for Kansas City Public Schools before taking the helm in Texarkana.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Collecting data, making meaning of it, and using it to take action and inform instruction is already a difficult task in a whole-group setting. In my first teaching job back in 2006, at Campbell High School in Smyrna, Georgia, teachers were expected to collect data at the beginning and end of each semester for every student on their rosters.

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Organized Classroom

APRIL 7, 2025

Even if the conference can’t be completed at school due to parent no-shows or work schedules, they can be completed at home. With few options in some cases, this is the best solution to try and form those connections with students and parents, whether you are teaching Kindergarten or High School. Attendance 1.

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EAB

MAY 23, 2023

We do it through data, we do it through focus group work, we do it through storytelling through our publications, and we do it through resources and tools and through our presentation, keynotes, workshops, and institutes. Mentioned was focus group work. So we give voice to the data through our focus group work.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 7, 2025

Many online learners, especially in middle and high school, are checking Instagram during breaks, watching study tips on TikTok, and discussing class projects in WhatsApp groups. But online schools have to work harder to build this same community. Education doesnt stop when the Zoom call ends.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 23, 2025

Revitalize your PE lesson plans and keep your students motivated by introducing activities that challenge them physically and mentally. From gym class to brain breaks, these PE games for high school will have your students laughing, learning, and moving toward a healthier future.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2017

Dr. Rand Hindi, CEO of Snips (a machine learning device company), is part of a research group working with the French government to prepare their country for AI. When he is not teaching at Carnegie Mellon, he spends time teaching an AP computer science in a local high school.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Maybe you would have a worksheet or two to complete, a video to watch, a study hall, or a substitute teacher who would try to corral the class through an activity. At best, your experience with the substitute teacher was a series of loosely connected activities intended to bide the time. percent of a standard deviation.”.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

Advanced placement students, in mostly white classes, were actively engaged and sitting in circles. In 2012, I transferred to McClarin Success Academy in Fulton County School District. The high school is in College Park, Georgia which, according to FBI crime statistics, is the fifth most violent city in the United States.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I'd much rather they build for Abbott Elementary than for Palo Alto High School. he says with a laugh, referring to the hit ABC sitcom about spirited teachers who make do with lean resources in a Philadelphia public school. So I'd much rather they build for Abbott Elementary than for Palo Alto High School.”

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