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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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94 Intriguing Writing Prompts for High School

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Perfect as bell-ringers, exit tickets, or brain breaks for high school , these five-minute writing ideas are a great way to get students into a writing state of mind right after the bell rings. 19 Longer Journal Writing Prompts for High School For a deeper dive into your students thoughts, assign longer journal prompts for high school.

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How to Weave Advisory into Academics — Plus 10 Resources for Teaching SEL

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I was a certified high school math teacher, but like so many of my peers, I also taught advisory—working with students to develop their social skills and help them explore college and career options. Life is interdisciplinary, and while our education system has finally started to acknowledge this (e.g. Or anything else.”

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Will Online Learning Lead to College Closures? Clay Shirky Says It’s Complicated.

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About once a month, he puts out a new essay about the many complex forces acting on higher ed these days—highlighting some ways true transformation is happening. To help steer the discussion, Shirky started a newsletter last year called “ The (Continual) Transformation of Higher Ed.” They cut the number of majors from 33 to 17.

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ACT Says Grade Inflation Is a Serious Problem. It’s Probably Not.

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In it, ACT researchers found evidence of grade inflation over the past decade—namely, that the average high school GPA increased 0.19 The implication is that students are not learning as much as their transcripts indicate, hampering their ability to succeed in challenging environments after high school. “We

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Transforming Adult Students into Scholars

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They’re all adults enrolled in the university’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program. At the all-girls boarding high school that Ruth Cady attended in a small Virginia town, she recalls being a middling student. Should their essays have a thesis statement? She promises to share an example essay soon.

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Student Push Back Is Frustrating, but It Made Me a Better Teacher

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As a high school history teacher with 15 years of experience, this shouldn't have come as a surprise, but something about the way Carlin explained it awakened me that day. The mission of my school was to prepare students for an ever-changing world—bold, I know.

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