Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The community college’s math department didn’t consider it a math course. Although statistics was an accepted general education math course at institutions around the state, and the class used a valid inquiry-based pedagogical strategy, the math faculty nevertheless felt that the course needed to cover more algebra.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

” Doing so could “revolutionize how schools, students, and families approach this critical aspect of education.” It goes beyond simply “following the rules” and imparts upon students and families that being present in school matters. percent for 9th graders, escalating to 31.84 percent of 12th graders.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2024

The White House Council of Economic Advisors found that chronic absenteeism significantly contributed to drops in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores, accounting for 16 to 27 percent of NAEP score declines in math and 36–45 percent in reading. Why are students skipping school?

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2023

Students hear a lot of advice about the importance of what they do in high school, but they aren’t all hearing the same guidance. When researchers asked 290 college students about what advice they’d been given in high school, the researchers found that it was stratified by race. At least, that’s according to a new report.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2024

In 2013, the Texas legislature introduced “endorsements,” which function like college majors to provide high school students the opportunity to specialize in an area aligned with their long-term goals. To earn an endorsement, Texas students must take specific course sequences, or paths, in one or more areas of focus. in 2018 to 0.8%

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2020

At Archway Academy in Houston, which serves 50 high school students who are in recovery from substance use disorder, counseling sessions are essentially on-demand. Coupled with a tight-knit sense of community, it’s what makes the school successful, says Executive Director Sasha Coles. “I

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

eSpark, an online supplemental curriculum provider for math, reading, and writing, is bringing AI-powered phonics practice to foundational reading instruction this school year. High school counselors, especially at public schools, are overwhelmed by the number of students they must help.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2016

The Cooke Young Scholars Program provides high-achieving students entering 8th grade with many benefits, including: individualized counseling to set academic goals; guidance on applying to colleges; and funding for summer educational programs, study abroad, internships and some school expenses.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Lindsay Senior High School offers learner choice over their mastery level. Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD) operates on a performanced-based system, allowing learners (students) to “ work at their performance level and [advance] through learning…when they have demonstrated proficiency.” ReNew Dolores T.

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2017

Twenty-seven students from nearby Zanesville High School had arrived to get a taste of what the higher education experience might be like. “I I got a photo with the mascot and also met the provost,” says Alexis Stallworth, a junior at Zanesville High School, which is about 50 miles east of Columbus in Ohio. “It

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Additionally, La’Toya is the Assistant Boys and Girls Powerlifting Coach for THEE Meridian High School. Rachel Blackwell, Instructional Technology/Digital Learning Facilitator, Pulaski County Special School District, Arkansas Rachel Blackwell has been with Pulaski County Special School District for 18 years.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

However, many high school classrooms still use outdated college and career preparation models, which can leave high school graduates feeling unprepared for their future. This highlights the increasing need for high schools to incorporate career-connected learning.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Lindsay Senior High School offers learner choice over their mastery level. Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD) operates on a performanced-based system, allowing learners (students) to “ work at their performance level and [advance] through learning…when they have demonstrated proficiency.” ReNew Dolores T.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Even years later, San Francisco Unified School District casts a shadow over attempts to quash long-standing disparities in math. In 2014, the district pushed algebra to ninth grade from eighth grade, in an attempt to eliminate the tracking, or grouping, of students into lower and upper math paths.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2019

I was originally hired in 2015, to support the only counselor at our school, which served 500 students at the time. Even when I came on and there were two of us counseling, it wasn’t enough to support that many students. Across the country, we have lost time in school to just talk to each other.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Suddenly, lessons on the physics of energy were tied to teaching kids how to be theme park engineers, and language arts and math lessons were anchored in running and marketing a profitable startup. That tracks with how programs like World of Work should ideally be designed, says Poynton, the UMass professor who studies career counseling.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The district formed a partnership with HMH—purchasing HMH Into Math, HMH Into Reading, HMH Into Literature, and Waggle programs, along with professional services, which are all accessed via Ed, HMH’s learning platform. HMH’s connected solutions scored highest on the JCC’s rubric. Kaspar stepped up to move the work forward.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2024

The New York City high school senior has even received incorrect emails telling him his application was canceled. With college decision deadlines looming, thousands of high school seniors have been stuck in limbo due to the bungled rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid. newsletters.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2023

Timothy Witchet, pre-kindergarten teacher and former Big Brothers Big Sisters "little brother" Early in their relationship, Dennison says Witchet was a strong math student but needed help with reading. I didn’t have a stellar academic record in middle school and freshman year of high school. What do you see for yourself?’”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2016

This contrasted starkly with my previous school, U.C. San Diego, where I could almost invariably rely on every student I came across to be 17-to-22 years old, have little-to-no job experience, and have recently graduated high school. Indeed, the portrait of the typical community college student is far from monolithic.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

One afternoon, during Samuel Hill’s junior year at the Mississippi School for Math and Science, his parents told him that they wouldn’t be contributing to his college fund. While such news might have been devastating to some high school students, Hill took it with grace. Learn more and apply here!

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

College is our country’s post-high school default, and it doesn’t have to be. –Jessica Medley, 8th Grade Math Teacher, Phenix City Schools (AL) & a Curriculum Associates’ 2022 Extraordinary Educator. It is clear that students are not leaving high school with these essential skills.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 22, 2025

Introduction High school is a defining period in a teenagers life. But over the last decadeand especially in recent yearsan alternative model has emerged: online high schools education. But over the last decadeand especially in recent yearsan alternative model has emerged: online high schools education.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Dr. Jodie Winship The first in her family to graduate from both high school and college, Winship is now Chair of Teaching and Learning and Chair of Instructional Leadership and Support at the University of West Alabama, striving to drive much-needed changes in rural education. They ask, 'Why do I have to do all this math?

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2018

Antonio was just one of the memorable students in my first science research class at Christ the King Regional High School, a parochial school in Queens, New York. We still had to prove that we could compete with the big-name science schools in New York. We persisted. This was a learning experience for me as well.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2023

Working with one of the program’s tutors also boosted his skills in math, a subject he doesn’t enjoy very much. Lately, he’s in good spirits, in part because he feels ownership over how he spends his time after school. We want to make sure that [when] young people come to our programs, they feel connected, they feel hopeful.

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

These students face significant barriers in both high school and college: only 40% of teen parents graduate from high school, and over half of parenting college students leave school without a degree. " – Nicole Lynn Lewis One in five undergraduate students across the country are parenting.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Despite the pressure to attend, reports suggest 53 percent of high school students are unlikely to pursue a college degree. –Jessica Medley, 8th Grade Math Teacher, Phenix City Schools (AL) & a Curriculum Associates’ 2022 Extraordinary Educator Assessments should create opportunity – not squash it.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 24, 2024

Reading and math scores are at their lowest in decades, while mental illnesses, absenteeism, and bullying are on the rise. School teachers say they’re battling to reach students while facing their own problems of understaffing, low salaries, and scarce resources. One example is the Long Beach school district in California.

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Education Learning Styles Special Education Feedback 52

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 21, 2025

This mirrors how we consume information on social media or streaming platforms, keeping engagement high. A math proof becomes as rewatchable as a favorite TV show, allowing learners to master concepts at their own pace. Assessments are woven into every module in the best online virtual schools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Nick Migliorino , Ed Kemnitzer , Emily Herring , FlexPoint Education Cloud , Florida Virtual Schools , Cory Hocker , Green Bay Area Public Schools , Hardee County School District , Heather Magill , Hemet Unified School District , Jefferson County Public Schools.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A respected math teacher at a K-12 public charter school in Apple Valley, California, Holifield was in steep physical decline. The school put on a festival to fundraise for medical bills resulting from his diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Steve Holifield’s breathing was labored.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

That's how long it took Laura to walk from her home to her high school two blocks away one sunny April morning. In the past, Laura's mother Yadira Mederos De Cardenas, a preschool teacher at All Five in Menlo Park's Belle Haven neighborhood, would have called in Laura's absence to the high school. MENLO PARK, Calif.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Students have always needed counseling services that go well beyond the college and career development that has become standard fare in American high schools. But that job can’t be done—and certainly it can’t be done well—by any single individual who is stretched thin across a large school. You’re just putting out fires.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

She sought help from Eureka, a California nonprofit that offers digital job counseling services, whose tagline is “A Goldmine of Career Information.” When the kids were in high school, Gawne sat them down and made his case. “If He did the math. But Schlachter wanted to do more to make her data searchable online.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2025

We are the generation that spent important years of our lives in the COVID-19 lockdown, then released back into the world without the tools to cope, high school senior Adonte DaCosta told New York City Council members at a hearing last fall. An NWEA analysis suggests it may take seven years to see full recovery in math.

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