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APRIL 29, 2025

For example, kinesthetic learners might excel in hands-on professions like carpentry or welding Many middle school students in the competition chose medical careers.

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JUNE 20, 2025

When she needed a fun end-of-year activity for her first-grade students incorporating Candyland, gummy bears and phonics, Irene Farmer turned to ChatGPT. “It Starbridge , which uses AI to help businesses spot early buying signals from school districts, looked at 5,000 U.S. Now we’re starting to modify and level up.”

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JULY 16, 2025

For teenagers, high school is a critical time of development both academically and socially. As more families explore options like online high school in Washington state , it’s worth considering whether virtual schooling supports or hinders a teenager’s growth. school day doesn’t always work for everyone.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

What are you using AI for in your school/classroom? While Gemini is providing our employees with access to generative AI, Gemini for teens will provide our high school students with the focused support of AI in a safer environment with appropriate safeguards, said superintendent Dr. Jose L.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2025

At one point, our high school students were learning in a church because we didn’t have a traditional classroom set-up. We also lacked the equipment that a traditional high school might have. It’s there for the students’ use.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

Minnesota, Florida, and North Carolina are rolling back high school math or English requirements. Florida is actively looking at removing graduation requirements which include passing a 10th grade English Language Arts assessment and a statewide algebra test. Now, they have proposed eliminating an Algebra II requirement.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 9, 2025

It’s the first day of school, and your high school class is quiet. Use these ice breakers for high school students on the first day of class or when starting a new semester. Help them introduce themselves with more engaging ice breaker activities for high school students that range from funny to fascinating.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 18, 2025

This isn’t just a checklist: It’s your blueprint of essentials for a high school math classroom that supports every learner and highlights your unique teaching style. Stocked with a few extra essentials for a high school math classroom, it’s a small way to set students up for success and eliminate pauses.

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JULY 21, 2025

12th grade student and SAC intern As high school students, we’re preparing to enter the working world. So, I’m going to share my experience with high school résumé tips and tricks about what has worked for me in hopes it might help other high school students get started. By: Sophia H., Good question.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

From first grade classrooms to high school computer labs, teachers across the state are building confidence in CS instruction and finding meaningful ways to connect it to their everyday teaching. This activity introduced data analysis while building critical thinking and global awareness.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

Along the way, conferencegoers will face choices that demonstrate the impact of human activity, highlighting the consequences of deforestation versus sustainable practices.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Here are creative strategies tailored for young students, middle schoolers, and high schoolers to make math more engaging and meaningful. Making Math Fun for Young Students Turn Math into Learning Stations Textbooks alone wont cut it for young learners, they need movement, hands-on activities, and variety.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

If a learning activity helps you become someone of value in your social group—if it earns you the respect and belonging you crave—you’ll throw yourself into it. They are wired to care about how they’re seen. They want to matter to people whose opinions they value. In that light, motivation isn’t just about drive—it’s about social reward.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2025

According to the CDC , 40 percent of high school students report persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, and 20 percent have seriously considered suicide. These challenges arent limited to adolescents–10 percent of children ages 3 to 17 have been diagnosed with a mental or behavioral health condition.

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JUNE 30, 2025

High school isn’t all fun and games, but it can have a few jokes and riddles! Keep students guessing and thinking with a set of riddles for high school students. A pillow 14 ELA Enigmas and Wordplay Puzzles Need a brain break for high school students between chapters of your latest novel unit? What am I?

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Elevate k12

JUNE 11, 2025

Both Tiffany (Elementary General Ed & Gifted) and Stephanie (Middle & High School Math) have modeled remarkable teaching by crafting and upholding the perfect LIVE learning environment, expertly planning for their classes, and nurturing a culture of collaboration, growth, professionalism, and strong student engagement and outcomes.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Perfect as bell-ringers, exit tickets, or brain breaks for high school , these five-minute writing ideas are a great way to get students into a writing state of mind right after the bell rings. To extend the activity, have them share their thoughts with classmates. What are your goals for high school ?

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2025

The top 10 chat topics were the same across all ages, grades and geographic locations, according to data from more than 250,000 messages exchanged with middle and high school students spanning 19 states.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

It also lets you check “About Me” pages off your back-to-school checklist. Back To School All About Me Flip-book Activity By Love Live Laugh TEACH Use an “all about me” activity to create your first bulletin board of the year! The resource comes with headers, editable Google Slides, and community-building activities.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

In summary Five years after COVID shut down most California high schools, today’s college students describe a difficult transition to adulthood, marked by fear, loss and a lack of preparation. The 2021 class of high school graduates saw the percentage of low-performing math students tick up even more, to 22%.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

We even did it every Monday in my own high school and called it ISR (actually, then it stood for “Intensive Silent Reading” because the 70s were crazy). I implemented my silent reading activity based on what I intuitively knew that I loved about reading and how it worked best for me and the people who I knew were readers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 7, 2025

Here are the most-read posts for the month: #4: Photoshop for Fifth Graders: The First Step is Word World Environment Day: Living Responsibly with Nature Online Summer Educational Activities How to Inspire High School Students to Pursue a Career in Software Engineering June is Internet Safety Month K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum Need Summer Activities? (..)

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Class Tech Tips

JULY 16, 2025

Michael Conner , and others… A big thank you to Angela Walmsley and Steven Weber for being gracious hosts, activity coordinators, and cat-herders. If you are involved in high school- or college-level teaching pathway programs, I highly recommend attending next year’s conference in Portland and bringing some students with you!

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 16, 2025

Michael Conner , and others… A big thank you to Angela Walmsley and Steven Weber for being gracious hosts, activity coordinators, and cat-herders. If you are involved in high school- or college-level teaching pathway programs, I highly recommend attending next year’s conference in Portland and bringing some students with you!

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Add accountability activities to your units 9. Keep a copy of your teaching philosophy nearby 8th Grade ELA teacher Essentials You Didn’t Know You Needed Seamlessly transition 8th grade ELA students to high school 1. Add accountability activities to your units Teachers don’t give grades — students earn them.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Discover ways to integrate Hispanic Heritage Month activities into your school day and honor the contributions of Hispanic leaders, artists, athletes, and icons worldwide. With games like loteria (Bingo) and sorting activities, the resource guides speech students through their objectives and teaches them about Hispanic culture.

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2025

Students are no longer just attending school to pass tests–they are actively seeking knowledge and skills to help them achieve their dreams. The crisis: How the current system is failing to meet Maslows vision Most high school graduates (75 percent) do not feel prepared to make college or career decisions after graduation.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

Use of AI in schools, the order states, demystifies this powerful technology but also sparks curiosity and creativity, preparing students to become active and responsible participants in the workforce of the future and nurturing the next generation of American AI innovators to propel our Nation to new heights of scientific and economic achievement.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 15, 2025

Let robots help with daily activities 10. Build the sturdiest bridge in class One of the classic STEM activities for middle school , this team project uses elements of both mechanical and civil engineering, as well as teamwork. Let robots help with daily activities What chores would you give a robot to complete?

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JULY 14, 2025

12th grade student and SAC intern Meet Madison, a leader at her K12-powered high school esports program. I’ve been with my K12-powered school for four years and a competitive player for my high school esports program for three. Besides that, high school esports programs are open to students from all backgrounds.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

They often attend under-funded schools and have less access to high-tech industries than their peers in urban schools. But now researchers won’t be able to follow up with kids to see if Take Flight altered their trajectory in high school.

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JUNE 24, 2025

12th grade student and SAC intern SAC Blog Series: Each year, the K12 Marketing Department hires a cohort of high school interns known as the Student Advisory Council or SAC. My Online School Day Can you describe a typical day and week for your virtual private school experience? By: Madison B., I do a lot of things.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

The ACLU, representing the students and their families, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) in the U.S. An estimated 67,000 children from active-duty military and civilian families attend the DoDEAs 161 schools worldwide. Black History Month was canceled.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 27, 2025

Explore unique vision board ideas for students to help you individualize this activity to each of them. This can be a simple brainstorming activity, or students can do some research to find quotes from books, movies, songs, or famous people.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

How does your favorite sport or activity use math? Prepare them for high school the write way Middle school is a chance for students to develop, hone, and master writing skills before they get to high school. That’s where journal writing prompts come in! How would your ideal math class look?

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JUNE 16, 2025

Key Takeaways Online high school graduates reach $10,000 in independent income slightly earlier (age 26) than public school grads (age 27). Online high school grads are the most likely to describe themselves as risk-tolerant (35%) and the least likely to be risk-averse (12%), suggesting a confident, entrepreneurial mindset.

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JULY 9, 2025

10th grade student and SAC intern SAC Blog Series: Each year, the K12 Marketing Department hires a cohort of high school interns known as the Student Advisory Council or SAC. Right now, I have a fairly light high school course load, consisting of English, science, algebra, and some career-focused extracurriculars.

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