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A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry

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In a corner of Huffman High School, the sounds of popping nail guns and whirring table saws fill the architecture and construction classroom. Alabama state law previously required students to take at least four years each of English, math, science and social studies to graduate from high school.

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5 ways I’ve leveraged AI in my English classroom

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As a teacher who strives to help students uncover their interests and stretch their imaginations, I wanted to ensure they were participating in this new technology. To begin, I wrote a thorough prompt, telling it: “You’re a high school English teacher who wants to teach an inquiry-based mythology class with self-directed learning.

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What All High Schools Can Draw From Career and Technical Education Programs

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Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. To close the skills gap, there are a number of practices, strategies and ideas that any high school can draw from the CTE model.

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A Fifth of Students at Community College Are Still in High School

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Of the nearly 10,000 students enrolled at Brookdale Community College in central New Jersey, about 17 percent are still in high school. Some of them travel to the campus during the school day to take courses in introductory English, history, psychology and sociology. That push is evident at Brookdale.

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How one platform is launching student careers in high school

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Tinh Tran likes to bring his science classes at University High School in Irvine, Calif., But even though these experiences are very powerful for students, they require time and money—and they’re hard to scale so that all students can participate. A technology platform called Nepris helps solve this challenge.

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More High School Students Are Taking College Classes. But Not Everyone Gets the Chance.

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million high school students take college courses each year. Additionally, access to dual-enrollment programs is less available at schools that serve more low-income students and students of color. Dual-enrollment programs help nearly 1.4 It’s even popular across the political spectrum.

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For English Learners to Thrive, Community and Culture are Necessary

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Most of my students immigrated to the United States within the last year, and all of them were English learners, thus making it difficult for them to complete the activity. Unfortunately, the sentiment within my supervisor’s response is not unique to the curricula design for English learners.

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