Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

When parents question things like assignments, or the practice of teaching that they see through their lenses, they may not be aware of the overall state of the class, or the range of abilities, disabilities, interests and considerations that go into the planning and teaching.” See also: Want to Show Teachers You Appreciate Them?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Seth Raphael was in middle school when the pandemic hit, sending millions of students from the classroom to Zoom practically overnight. As virtual schooling carried on from one month to the next, Seth and his friends found themselves facing a surprisingly common problem: being frequently late to Zoom class.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

For example, completing homework requires executive function skills, and the benefits of homework increase as students move into middle school and high school. There is a direct relationship between executive function development and the effectiveness of different types of learning activities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2020

The necessary and rapid move to distance learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been disabling for our education system. At a macro level, disability organizations are finding ways to work together that would never have happened before the pandemic. At East High School in Rochester, N.Y.,

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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. In recent decades, the number of students with disabilities who spend more than 80% of their time in general education classrooms has more than doubled, equating to nearly 65% of those students (National Center for Education Statistics, 2020).

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2016

Norwalk High School, Norwalk, Calif. — $24,600: Students will upgrade their culinary classroom with more equipment and food prep space. This will allow them to increase food production, serve more people at events and begin a mentoring program for middle-school students. Rocky Mount High, Rocky Mount, N.C.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Research suggests that taking algebra courses in high school is one of several important indicators for students’ college readiness and success. Passing Algebra I is also a requirement for high school graduation. As a Black student in a predominantly white school, he says he excelled in his studies in elementary school.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2019

These are middle and high school students who have developed solutions to major economic and social challenges, ranging from health care and transportation to agriculture and the environment. When my children went to school, I went to school also. I became a high school teacher. It's very open-ended.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

A couple years ago, while I was teaching percussion classes at Clark High School in Dallas, a sixth-grader, Sam, would come to class for his percussion lessons. Furthermore, students with disabilities are sometimes unable to play a traditional instrument. I’ve taught music full-time for a few years.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2018

Students are exercising their voice by writing about how their experience is changing in their high school newspaper and by asking for what they need in the classroom. What understanding learning differences can teach us about personalized learning For 35 years, Chartwell Middle School, near Monterey, Calif.,

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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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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

Round tables are one of the unique ways we work together to meet each student’s needs at Collier High School, which is operated by a non-profit organization, Collier Youth Services. So, What’s Alternative About Our School? Situated atop a 260-acre campus in Marlboro, N.J., Our motto: “Where small miracles happen everyday.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

I went to a small high school there in the city, and yeah, that's a little bit about me. There were complications in my birth, and so they've kind of always known, but it wasn't formally a learning disability until about 4th or 5th grade. Middle school and elementary school were extremely challenging for me.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Alicia Sewell, a middle school teacher in Alabama, has made a job transition that’s essentially the opposite of the one Bass made. Jared Setnar, Upper School Director of Chesapeake Bay Academy Collaboration From the Start Chesapeake Bay Academy in Virginia is in a unique position when it comes to teachers’ role in edtech selection.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

From Montessori to personalized, to college and life-prep schools, individual campuses picked up pedagogies and transformed their learning spaces. When there is no connection between learning practices taught in elementary, middle and high school, teachers do not recognize the importance of what they are doing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Save as a high-quality image or a printable PDF. These are great for mature elementary age, Middle School, and High School students, as well as teachers. For youngers, PicCollage has a setting to disable social media, website images, and ads. You can even sign in through Google Apps for Education.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2022

Role : High school biology teacher Location : Berlin, Maryland Salary : $71,000 Years teaching : 11 Second job : Co-owner of Buzz Meadery Megan Hines holds a glass of honey wine at Buzz Meadery, which she owns with her husband, a fellow teacher. Megan Hines. Teaching, in a lot of ways, was perhaps getting in the way of that growth.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

When I was in middle school, I was diagnosed with a learning disability, so the “typical” school experience was always a challenge for me. School often left me feeling inadequate. One of my locations, Bozeman Field School, is in its inaugural year as the only independent high school in Bozeman.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2019

Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher, has a great analysis of the problem and discussion of solutions below: How to control smartphone usage in classroom? Secondary and middle schools in Ontario, Canada , are banning the use of cell phones during classes effective from September 2019.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2020

Around the nation, K­–12 schools have leveraged their 3D printers to help close critical shortages in personal protective equipment, or PPE. Students at Camdenton High School in Missouri have used 3D printers to create hundreds of face shields for healthcare workers at a local hospital. West Ashley High in Charleston, S.C.,

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

Around the nation, K­–12 schools have leveraged their 3D printers to help close critical shortages in personal protective equipment, or PPE. Students at Camdenton High School in Missouri have used 3D printers to create hundreds of face shields for healthcare workers at a local hospital. West Ashley High in Charleston, S.C.,

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

Around the nation, K­–12 schools have leveraged their 3D printers to help close critical shortages in personal protective equipment, or PPE. Students at Camdenton High School in Missouri have used 3D printers to create hundreds of face shields for healthcare workers at a local hospital. West Ashley High in Charleston, S.C.,

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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. By design, educational programs increase the amount of time students with disabilities spend learning alongside their general education peers and increase their exposure to grade-level standards and instruction.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 22, 2020

Around the nation, K­–12 schools have leveraged their 3D printers to help close critical shortages in personal protective equipment, or PPE. Students at Camdenton High School in Missouri have used 3D printers to create hundreds of face shields for healthcare workers at a local hospital. West Ashley High in Charleston, S.C.,

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

Around the nation, K­–12 schools have leveraged their 3D printers to help close critical shortages in personal protective equipment, or PPE. Students at Camdenton High School in Missouri have used 3D printers to create hundreds of face shields for healthcare workers at a local hospital. West Ashley High in Charleston, S.C.,

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EAB

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

For more information on equitable grading systems, see our Standards-Based Learning at Middle Schools and Competency-Based Grading in High Schools research briefs. In particular, district leaders were interested in best practices for supporting students with disabilities. Other (e.g., PE, science): 7.5%

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Khoa Ta, then a sophomore at Owensboro High School from Daviess County in Western Kentucky, was elected as a student board member for the local board of education last May. One idea that’s taken root is forcing students to take a civics test as a requirement for high school graduation. The victory was bittersweet.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

At Marietta City Schools, located north of Atlanta, we’re making every effort to end these types of destructive practices and give those like Ignacio, not another dead end but a true beginning. All but one of our students are black or hispanic, and over 30 percent of them are students with some type of cognitive or behavioral disability.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2023

There's a range and a variation [of chronic absence] by ethnicity, and you see higher levels for kids who are affected by or have a disability. Chronic absence used to be really high in kindergarten, and then it would start to really drop more in second and third [grade], and I am worried that there is a little bit less of a drop [now].

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2021

When prioritizing testing, we recommend that schools prioritize teachers and staff first, then high school and middle school students and then elementary school [students.]” Is it the paraprofessionals, is it the bus drivers, the school secretaries? Make your decisions based on those facts.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

A high school student in Minnesota tells a Black classmate that her dark skin is ugly and that she hopes she takes her life. A bias incident is defined as any hostile expression that may be motivated by another person’s race, color, disability, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2025

. — Ken Cook, Director of School Safety & Advocacy, Allegion In 2025, expanding successful access to higher education will depend on bold partnerships between colleges and schools, and with employers, to better support historically underserved communities.

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