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8 under-the-radar digital learning resources

eSchool News

With written and live discussion formats, students can express their ideas while teachers track participation, collaboration, and the quality of responses. Students use context clues to determine where they are, building skills in geography, culture, and critical observation.

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My Journey in Alternative Grading: From Curiosity to Clarity

Faculty Focus

As much as it was my job to teach students to write, I also felt the grading system disadvantaged those students who came in with subpar high school educations and less writing experience. Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture 9, no. University Press of Colorado, 2022.

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Pandemic graduates: They had no prom, no pomp and circumstance, and started college on Zoom

Cal Matters

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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Why the Trump administration grounded these middle schoolers’ drones–and other STEM research

eSchool News

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. The Trump administration’s approach runs counter to that.

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Kids become teachers: Helping out at a Senior Center

Ask a Tech Teacher

As schools look ahead to serving not just student needs, but the greater needs of their community and world, service learning becomes an increasingly important part of high school education. It requires extended supervision and after-hours participation from all involved parties. Learning Expectations. Value evidence.

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3 tips to combat chronic absenteeism in high schools

eSchool News

A recent report found that this wanes somewhat throughout middle school, and, by the time students reach high school, many schools subscribe to the belief that the need for school-to-home communication diminishes. Data shows many students have untapped talents in high-demand fields–but lack exposure.

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Maybe it’s time to change up high school to improve student attendance 

eSchool News

students who wouldn’t see college as the automatic next step after high school. This insight sparked a year-long project to redesign our high school model. This insight sparked a year-long project to redesign our high school model. These big picture changes will transform our high schools.