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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

10, 2022) – Renaissance , the global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is honored to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the community reading initiative Read on myON , a first-of-its-kind partnership between Renaissance and Hillsborough County Public Schools. in the 2020–2021 school year. Bloomington, Minn.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It’s a valid question that even my high school students ask. This raises a question of fairness: If teachers rely on AI, why can’t students? It prompts educators to personalize AI-generated content and foster an open dialogue on AI use. Betzabe Orenos: How can students make the case for AI use in the classroom?

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MARCH 31, 2021

On a memorable morning in my high school civics class, the students—seniors, full of energy—learned about the formation and function of our legislative branch. One student, standing up and projecting his voice, declared: “Virginia objects to New Jersey demanding that She give away Her fair and right voice in the new government.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

Curriculum and Teaching Curriculum and teaching is top of mind for students curious about educational technology, and this was the most frequent topic that students have written about about so far. Are standardized tests a fair gauge for predicting college success?

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JULY 10, 2020

Back before the internet made it possible—and popular—for people to document their lives in real time, teenagers found themselves preserved between the pages of their high school yearbooks—forever young. We encourage schools to define success as four-year, or slightly longer, graduation rates,” Schaeffer explains.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Esther was my student five years ago at my former school, where I taught in an accelerated learning pilot program designed to service students in danger of aging out of high school due to their age at enrollment. schools for less than two years. Just the recognition of this counter narrative has changed my teaching.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

They were asked to agree or disagree with statements about college and career plans, how they’re faring in school and with their mental health, among other topics. Amongst the high school seniors, most reported having applied to trade school, community college or a university along with federal financial aid.

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JUNE 14, 2018

And while gender parity among students was observed in early grades, participation by girls dropped 25 percent between 8th grade and high school. Among the programs examined, men occupied 76 percent of the leadership roles, while women held just 24 percent.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Students entering kindergarten today will graduate high school in 2034. Now is the time to reinforce the fundamental scaffolding that determines whether a child has a fair shot at success later in life. As a result, more than one in 16 workers—25 percent more than before the pandemic—will need to find a new job by 2030.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

College career fairs look like an awkward high school dance: Students circle around company booths, unsure whether to stop and drop off a resume. One company is making a business out of helping student associations and companies connect beyond the walls of tri-folds and stacks of resumes at career fairs.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

The landscape of higher ed has changed, though, and these days more colleges are looking to start fully online degree programs, out of a mix of rising acceptance of such programs and changing demographics that could mean fewer high-school graduates looking for traditional programs.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Right now, millions of students around the country are comfortably in their seats for the 2023-24 school year. Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The far-reaching meta-analysis considered flipped learning experiments done in elementary schools, high schools and colleges, with the bulk of the studies in the higher ed setting. I didn’t think that was fair to people practicing flipped learning.”

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JUNE 24, 2020

“From an equity and inclusivity perspective, providing discounts to a district that may need more is a unique approach,” says Barry Bachenheimer, assistant superintendent at Pascack Valley Regional High School District in New Jersey.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

The first day of high school is usually filled with icebreakers, like the classic, two truths and a lie. If I had learned in high school what a motor and a generator were, and seen that they are simply wires around magnets, I think I might have chosen to continue in engineering and spent more time loving science instead of hating it.

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MAY 23, 2017

So the next week with a gulp, cold sweat, and lots of stumbling, I gave my first big speech of high school. By the end of that year, I co-founded my school’s cross-examination debate team and by the end of high school, we were ranked in the state semi-finalist pool.

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APRIL 23, 2019

She describes a time at a previous school she worked at when students and teachers collaborated on a project and how that inspired her and other educators to feel re-energized around what they teach. This particular year they were teaching the World's Fair, and I worked with the students to create websites.

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MARCH 19, 2024

And people have that history in their awareness and the fight that their communities have engaged in to be able to access education. And yet only 15 percent of kids had a natural mentor in high school, and that number was lower yet for [students of low-socioeconomic status], even as the effect of having a mentor was even greater for them.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

You may have seen the photos of stadiums packed to the gills with crazed fans or photos of young high school- and college-aged players hoisting sparkling trophies high into the air as they pull in million-dollar prize purses. From one institution to 35-plus in three years is fairly rapid growth in the world of higher education.

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MARCH 28, 2019

Today, I teach marketing at the same high school I attended. Many students referred to the school as “ratchet Round Rock.” Round Rock High School celebrated its centennial in 2013, and while our school buildings were not quite 100 years old, it sure felt that way to some students.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

percent for high school graduates with no college. With about 70 percent of online students working full or part time, a Wiley report says that online learners are far more likely than on-campus students to click on links to virtual job fairs, networking events and other online employment services. percent, compared with 5.8

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

At a city-sponsored early childhood education fair where we met, mental health resources, classes, and after-school programs were on display for enrollment. Nearly 40 percent of residents over the age of 25 have not graduated from high school.

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

It was much like her high school experience, she says: “Lots of work, but not lots of development.” But Kantar knew she eventually wanted to work in education, so she moved on to start planning for Imbellus. But Kantar knew she eventually wanted to work in education, so she moved on to start planning for Imbellus.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

She says she’s not a math person, but she was able to pass her high school math classes without too much trouble, earning Cs. I mean, to me, this is not fair to students,” she says. Sabrina Colon, a first-year student at University of California, Merced, remembers when math first became a problem. It’s given her severe anxiety.

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JUNE 12, 2020

Aliza Strassman , a second-grade general education teacher, leveraged the educational technology specialist at her school and her knowledge of best practices under Universal Design for Learning (UDL, a framework for designing inclusive classrooms) to create a technology-based approach to creative writing, publishing and peer feedback.

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JANUARY 17, 2022

They learn why high school geometry, a topic most of them intend to teach in the future, is the way it is and why its results are true. I think it’s fair to say that ungraders would like there to be no game (or grades) at all. They learn about the subtleties of mathematical argument by presenting to each other in class.

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MARCH 9, 2023

high school students. The report included data on school connectedness, which the CDC defines as “the feeling among adolescents that people at their school care about them, their well-being, and success.” Students also reported feeling more supported, and on the whole, experienced increased perceptions of inclusion.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Marc Pedersen Paulding County High School Students At Paulding County High School in Dallas, Georgia, science classes are messy and alive. Marc Pedersen leads the biotechnology career pathway classes at Paulding County High School, a magnet school in Georgia about one hour away from Atlanta.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

The goal was to use this VR simulation with German high school students so that they could better understand the experiences of their new Syrian classmates. I hope that it’s used to provide greater access to high quality educational content and tools. How has AWS EdStart helped your company to succeed in education?

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

“It matters at school, and it matters for our future competitiveness as a nation, when you think about it,” Litman said. Schools, nonprofits and local governments could then provide students with the maps showing where they can find free internet in their area.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The analysis also yielded a new species of school-level data, charting the degree of economic connectedness within individual high schools and colleges across the country. Who’s in your neighborhood? Who are your caregivers’ friends? Who’s in your religious community?’” explained Schwartz.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

They have to frame their thoughts as a response to some of the finest college application essay prompts, inspired by the very same ones that high school seniors are feverishly working on now! Here’s what Chris Aviles, edtech coach for for Fair Haven school district , had to say. What’s the best part?

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MARCH 21, 2022

Currently, a senior in high school has the same device as a student in first grade, regardless of their programming. And that's one of the big things that I'm working on. It should be very specialized. We shouldn’t all get the same thing; that doesn’t create equity. And that needs to be looked at, too.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

The goal was simple: provide students with a well-rounded education—including technology competency—designed to help them throughout their lives. Discover how the district leveled the technology playing field across its schools, created new opportunities for students, and enhanced learning experiences for all.

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MARCH 19, 2019

In fact, I was a peer mediator when I was in high school, though truth be told, I became a mediator so that I could opt out of health class. We set norms and ground rules, we gave each person involved a fair opportunity to speak and we followed that darn script. We embarked on a journey that was quite vulnerable for me.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

But millions of students are using civics-education games developed by her nonprofit: iCivics. In 2009, O’Connor founded iCivics as a way to make the core tenets of civics “relevant and remarkably effective” for middle and high school students through online, interactive games and resources. “I

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

School District , educators across multiple disciplines are using this program to build student engagement. . “It Educational technology isn’t just for disseminating information and letting students create cool projects, but also can be used for collaborative efforts.

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