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AUGUST 22, 2024

The reason I even graduated from high school was because my mom ran into my English teacher at the grocery store when I was in 10th grade, and the teacher mentioned that I’d missed class–a lot, actually. But the parent conference was solely about my kid and had my full attention. I certainly can.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Our school is a five-year program that works to create first-generation college students. North Carolina is a leading state in the number of “early colleges,” which allow students to earn a college degree with their high school diploma. Children’s books are designed to grab the attention of the reader and keep it.

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MAY 7, 2018

Unlike Innocent, Muan moves slowly and does not like attention. Like Innocent she is 20 years old, but the eldest of four children, with two of her siblings also attending our school. Called Accelerate to Graduate (A2G) this program is being piloted at Iroquois High School in Louisville, Ky, where I teach.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Pierre, my high school English teacher who embodied social-emotional mastery before there was such a thing. In math, James could be tasked to analyze basketball stats, or in English, he could write an essay on his favorite athlete. For me it was Ms. This same approach would work in other classes as well.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

In recent weeks, viral videos have portrayed a teacher wrestling a student to the ground at McClatchy High School in Sacramento, a student tossing Florin High School’s principal to the cafeteria floor and a school police officer throwing a student out of her chair in South Carolina. At McClatchy High School on Oct.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2017

We have 20 schools serving over 10,000 students. Of those, approximately 2,700 are English Language learners. As a result, over 500 of our students who were at-risk of dropping out have now earned their high school diploma. San Benito CISD (SBCISD) lies at the southernmost tip of Texas, right on the border of Mexico.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It was with great trepidation — knowing that I could not live up to this model but wanting to do my best — that I took my job teaching social studies at a small public high school in the Bronx. I spent the next decade at that same small school, and my time there reshaped my view of what makes a good teacher.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Key points: Showing up for your students in small ways every day can have a huge impact Students are learning from their teachers all the time–reaching out in thoughtful ways does wonders See related article: Balancing high expectations with relationship building to boost engagement Throughout my career, I’ve held many titles.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

We asked education experts to share their thoughts regarding student success priorities in 2025 (find 50 edtech predictions for 2025 here )–discover what they had to say: Across the country, there is growing consensus and demand for high school transformation.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

A typical situation is that you are speaking the Spanish language at home, and then English in the school setting, and that's something that sometimes is seen as the de facto,” Gauna says. after moving from Mexico with her family, but she wasn’t placed in a program for English learners. Say it in English!” has nearly 41.8

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Classroom walls don’t exist to Toni Olivieri-Barton, a library technology educator at Fountain Valley School. She specializes in using technology to connect students at the private day and boarding high school in Fountain with students worldwide to do projects together. She also taught in China.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

NCTQ also examined whether these tests devote undue attention to methods of reading instruction that have been debunked by research and can hinder students from becoming strong readers, such as three-cueing. Additionally, NCTQ checked whether these tests combine reading with other subjects.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I credit my old high school Spanish classroom for my discovery. In November 2022, after that school received a Bright Spot award from Governor Polis for academic growththrough the pandemic, I received an email from the principal. Outdoor school was a causal part of their success. Improved attention and cognitive function.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

With college application season in full swing and the competition for acceptance into top schools more competitive than ever, students are turning to AI-powered tools for application support, reveals a new survey from Brainly. Students are looking for ways to save time and assure them that they are on the right path.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

More than half of the student population is Latino, and many of these students come from poor households where English isn’t spoken. Most of our preschool kids who are native Spanish speakers come to school without anybody having read to them,” said Napa County Superintendent of Schools Barbara Nemko. Mention Napa County, Calif.,

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MARCH 26, 2024

When he was in high school, Zachary Farley latched onto the idea of becoming a teacher. This path seemed like the best way to blend his love of linguistics with his interest in teaching — that is, until he took a job as a paraprofessional at an elementary school in his hometown of Corona, California.

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JUNE 11, 2020

Take, for example, the distance learning plan created by Chaffey Joint Union High School District in California, which says that schoolwork completed by students through the end of the year can only preserve and improve grades, but not lower them. Many teachers watched their students brush off assignments and disappear from class.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

High school transcripts indicated that STAR students who were in smaller classes for a minimum of three years were substantially more likely to graduate from high school. For a student, individual attention can make the difference between effectively developing skills and just coasting along.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

During a lesson, it was easy to see students’ reactions—if they were paying attention, confused, or engaged—and I could adjust on the spot as needed. In the time of TikTok, attention spans have waned. When 9/11 happened, my high school English teacher stopped our normal routine, rolled in a TV set, and turned it on.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

Earlier this month at Truesdell Elementary, in the last five minutes of one of my classes, I called for my students' attention. This student, a recent immigrant from El Salvador, often struggles because of his limited English ability in core subjects like math, reading and science. Class, class! Yes, yes, they responded in unison.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2023

By doing so, the district believes they are helping build young learners’ knowledge of the scientific fundamentals that will drive future success in the subject in middle school, high school, and beyond. Editable, ready-to-use worksheets and assessments are also available in both English and Spanish.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

That’s been the experience of Bill Bass, a former English teacher who now serves as an innovation coordinator at a school district in St. It’s his job to make sure edtech is successfully integrated into schools there. “If If a teacher brings a tool to [a district], they should pay attention. Louis, Missouri.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Students were asked to predict what percentage of people in a state speak a language other than English at home. I had a teacher that pushed the boundaries of my understanding of the world outside my private Catholic high school in Wheaton, Illinois. I use my voice to grab the kids' attention. He got me excited about U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

By offering students a chance to experience realistic patient simulations, we aim to bring attention to the universal relevance of blood donation through experiential learning. We are excited to bring this valuable resource to thousands of high school students across America,” said Raquel Bidarra, U.S.

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APRIL 12, 2018

Lecture + Digital Formative Assessment I recently attended a local conference and the keynote was delivered by Aaron Polansky , superintendent from Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School in Rochester, Mass. The most common example of essay assignments as summative assessment is an analysis of literature in English class.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2024

Subject-Specific Certifications : Check for specialized certifications that demonstrate expertise, like TEFL for English or Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) for IT subjects. So for instance if you are in the UK then finding reputable private GCSE English tutors is better than picking a practitioner from another part of the world.

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MAY 12, 2023

My parents didn’t have the tools necessary to help a half-Korean girl navigate school and life. Over the course of middle school and high school, I met a few other biracial kids like me. Could I be the teacher that I needed when I was in school?

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Not every student and teacher will get along, and not every middle or high school teacher will be able to befriend each of their students. Yet schools, which exist to educate and take care of kids, are especially fertile ground for this type of everything-is-fine thinking. In other words, optimism. It can be healthy too.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Qooco , a smartphone app, aims to help users develop fluency in English and Mandarin Chinese. But front, center and occupying the most space in the demo hall were a group of high-school students, offering samples of tomato juice. What captured our attention, though, was an added aesthetic twist on the headsets: cat ears.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

At his first college, right out of high school, the young man born in Zacatecas, Mexico, hoped to play for the football team. At his second college, close to his home in East Hollywood, he says that he had a bad experience with the instructor about an early assignment in a developmental English course.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

However, although MSD offers a hopeful counterpoint to segregated schools nationwide , there is still room for improvement. While growth is happening across the district, certain groups of students, including English Language Learners and low-income students, are experiencing less success than others.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2021

A high-level general-purpose programming language, Python is being hailed today as the best coding language for beginners, including kids and teens. In Python, one can write concepts in fewer lines of code, making it a very useful and fast choice for tasks, especially for beginners, including kids.

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MARCH 20, 2023

The need to read is not limited to English Language Arts classes; literacy skills are essential in math, history and all other content areas. Studies on middle and high school readers found that the influence of listening comprehension on variance in reading comprehension continues to grow over time.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Recently, I was in a meeting with department chairs and administrators at my high school. After discussing revisions to our existing policies, a colleague added, “We have to go back to old-school methods. We were discussing the agenda when the topic of ChatGPT elicited a collective groan.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Although some have taken computer classes and other tech courses offered by their high schools, others may find themselves floundering when given simple tasks. And students’ ability to pick up digital skills affects their academic success. How to Teach Tech Fundamentals Not all professors are as proactive as Abrams.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

After grieving a complete turnover in leadership last spring—waving goodbye to our head of school, our high school director, our middle school director and our school psychologist—our outgoing head of school decided that instead of hiring externally to fill the traditional leadership positions, we should try a new approach.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

One cause is the pandemic, and how it disrupted middle and high school for today’s traditional-aged college students. Students who spent formative years learning online may be too nervous to raise a hand in class or have trouble paying attention.

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