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Many states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit?

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The senior at Washington state’s Toppenish High School first considered the career after he joined a STEM group in middle school. Brito’s experience is what state education leaders hoped for when they replaced the high school exit exam with multiple pathways to graduation. Lawmakers passed it unanimously.

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98+ Wondrous Would You Rather Questions for High School Students

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Icebreaker Activity DIGITAL Middle & High School Would You Rather? By Mindful and Kind Counseling Grades: 6th-12th You can create your own slides or use one of these 40 premade Would You Rather question slides. These work perfectly for whole and small group activities.

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This District Helps Young Kids Identify Their Interests — and Ideal Careers

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In high school, he reasoned, students might take vocational training courses, intern at local businesses or meet with guidance counselors to discuss their future. For others, he says, “We have to bring that into the school, into the family’s life, so they can see that their child can absolutely compete.”

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Online YC Demo Day Includes A Byju’s Rival, Quiz Bowl App, Parenting Advice Platform

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Name: EduRev HQ: Gurgaon, India Founded: 2017 This startup aims to help students in India between 15 and 23 years old study for a variety of entrance and occupational exams. Now, he leads the team at Pahamify , which provides an app for college entrance exam test prep for students in Indonesia.

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17 Hero Awards finalists demonstrate their commitment to education

eSchool News

For years, the school had been searching for ways to reverse the pattern of disengagement, build motivation to complete schoolwork and get students over that finish line at graduation. With no school counseling team — and teachers weary from other new programs and systems — EPIC needed a partner it could trust to serve Tier 2 students.

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Can middle schoolers handle college? This San Jose school is finding out

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In summary The San Jose Evergreen Community College District offers a course at a local middle school, and plans to offer more in the future. the regular school day at August Boeger Middle School had already ended, but one class is about to start. The college faculty union worries that the students are too young.

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43 back-to-school predictions for the 2024-2025 year

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Share information about school counseling services and online resources that offer additional support. I’ve seen a number of tools that pass the privacy tests and offer tutoring on specific national and state standards and exams which are very attractive to schools if the price is right.

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