eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Specializing in career-focused courses and certification exam preparation for middle and high school students, Pointful Education offers a wide range of virtual and blended learning solutions that engage students in career exploration and prepare them for the workforce.

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Exams Education Learning Blended Learning 143

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Many instructors describe accommodations they’ve tried, like loosening homework deadlines or offering asynchronous alternatives to class conversations, but some now wonder whether this kind of leniency actually makes the situation worse. In their anecdotes, fewer students are showing up to class and turning work in on time (or at all).

Student Engagement 201

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 201

Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2023

It’s an ecosystem that could transform schools—sites for teaching and learning—into marketplaces—sites for buying and selling. College’s Use of Exam-Proctoring Software to ‘Scan’ Rooms Violated Privacy Rights, Judge Finds By Jeffrey R. What should teenagers do after high school in these changing times?

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Education Exams Instructors Essay 174

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Pandemic-era disruptions have played a role, but so has the broader worry that a reliance on standardized admissions exams may exacerbate disparities among students of different races and income levels. These days more four-year colleges are dropping their SAT and ACT requirements. It’s a very long-held paradigm that is sort of hard to shake.”

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Exams English Math Instructors 174

eSchool News

MAY 12, 2016

One of the many schools to have implemented CodeCombat in the classroom is Gage Park High in Chicago. “We designed CodeCombat to be first and foremost really engaging for students, because if they aren’t engaged, they won’t learn.”. CodeCombat is also helping boost student interest in computer science careers.

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Science Teaching Exams Instructors 165

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A number of instructors say it’s partly reconsidering how calculus, a crucial step toward STEM careers and often a “weed out” course in higher ed, is taught. A parent from Iowa : “As it happens my daughter is a freshman in ME taking Calc 2 this semester and I was helping her study for her first big exam last night.

STEM 174

STEM Exams Math Language 174

Edsurge

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. Earlier this year, she was supposed to take an exam. She never took the exam. But there are things that instructors can do, some researchers say. It’s given her severe anxiety.

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Math Exams Students Testing 211

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2017

stammered Estrada, a native Spanish-speaking sophomore from Yes Prep High School in Texas. “My Estrada fell for a girl who only spoke English his freshman year in high school but refused to let a language barrier divide them. National Assessment of Educational Progress reading exams. “There was this girl.,”

Languages 155

Languages Language English Exams 155

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. When you attend a rural public high school like I did, no one explains to you that you are creating a resume that you will use when you apply to colleges,” she wrote.

Fairness 164

Fairness Education Students Disabilities 164

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

However, Goldberg says the aim of this new partnership will be to fund partner organizations, like the Council of the Great City Schools, to to work with school districts to create in-school and after-school programs where students work with instructors on the Khan Academy resources.

Instructors 122

Instructors Exams Testing Study 122

Faculty Focus

MAY 19, 2024

Consider this scenario (one you have likely experienced): Student: I failed the first exam. Educator: Why did you fail the first exam? If the student changes their environment to support their goal of learning, the outcome on future exams may be different. It keeps their brains flexible in terms of what to expect on an exam.

Student Engagement 119

Student Engagement Exams Learning Students 119

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.

Schools 338

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 338

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Instead of hearing only from the same six students, instructors get feedback from many more. Amazon Transcribe automatically creates text transcripts from the audio track in the videos and makes them available for students and instructors to view directly from within the classroom player.

Study 165

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 165

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 22, 2025

Introduction High school is a defining period in a teenagers life. But over the last decadeand especially in recent yearsan alternative model has emerged: online high schools education. But over the last decadeand especially in recent yearsan alternative model has emerged: online high schools education.

High School 52

High School High School Exams Schools 52

Faculty Focus

MAY 19, 2024

Consider this scenario (one you have likely experienced): Student: I failed the first exam. Educator: Why did you fail the first exam? If the student changes their environment to support their goal of learning, the outcome on future exams may be different. It keeps their brains flexible in terms of what to expect on an exam.

Student Engagement 108

Student Engagement Exams Learning Students 108

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Squirrel—so named because, like the furry, nut-gathering rodent, it is fast, agile, plans ahead and “cracks tough nuts,” according to founder and CEO Derek Haoyang Li—uses an AI adaptive learning system and human instructors to give students a personalized education on subjects ranging from Chinese language to physics.

Teachers 167

Teachers Intelligence Coaching Failure 167

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

One Shanghai school she knows asks teachers to give students their lessons and 48 hours to complete them. His time as a blended learning instructor in Taos, N.M., Some of the teachers we know, who teach first and second grade, for the first couple of weeks were working 18 hour days,” says Robin Shawver, a librarian at the school. “For

Schools 218

Schools Students Assignments Testing 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Allen says his family couldn’t afford to send him to college when he finished high school, so he joined the Army and suffered an injury while serving in Afghanistan. If all that sounds kind of like turning a neighborhood high school into a for-profit college-slash-multilevel-marketing network—well, proponents ask, why not?

Education 196

Education Ethics Internet Exams 196

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

These prepare them for the state writing exams in eighth and tenth grades and help teachers across the district calibrate their scoring and expectations. The district’s intense focus on writing instruction, however, isn’t all about acing state exams. It’s also about readying students for college, careers, and engaged citizenship.

Writing 124

Writing Feedback Exams Middle School 124

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Even the best instructors may not be able to reach every student. To get started, what are some of the channels that currently exist, if any, for students to interact with their faculty or instructors around teaching and curriculum? So, [the instructor] was able to see just about everything we did. Simmons: Sure.

Teaching 121

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 121

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

“A skilled teacher can re-direct instruction based on feedback that they are receiving from their students throughout the flow of a lesson,” writes Alexis Roesser, an English teacher and department chair at Salamanca High School in New York.

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Quizzes Students Elementary School Elementary School 159

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Here are three strategies for digital tool use to consider, particularly at the start of a new term or when organizing for exams. Student: I attended high school and college in a mostly pre-digital world. We’ve presented them from our dual perspectives of student and professor: Getting Digitally Organized.

Lecturing 156

Lecturing Exams Assignments Textbooks 156

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

If it sounds like a typical chemistry lesson at any school in the country, in some ways it is. Olivia is currently enrolled part-time in one of the most unique high school models in the country. The challenging thing is the social aspect,” Olivia says of her school, before describing herself as a little shy.

Teachers 161

Teachers Schools Students Study 161

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

–Lisa Cumming, Science Teacher, Olmsted Falls High School. Some of our kids haven’t been in school for two years and are having a hard time adjusting to being back in the classroom. — Stephen Heywood, Broadcast Engineer, PTZOptics. — Keith Look, Ed.D., VP of Equity and Innovation, K-12, Territorium.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Language 363

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience. Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience. Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Cal Matters

MAY 14, 2025

Middle schoolers have long been eligible to enroll in college classes in California, though only a few, high-achieving students actually do it. California is increasingly pushing high schools to offer community college classes directly to students during the regular school day, a set-up known as dual enrollment.

Middle School 95

Middle School Middle School Counselling Schools 95

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Instead of hearing only from the same six students, instructors get feedback from many more. Amazon Transcribe automatically creates text transcripts from the audio track in the videos and makes them available for students and instructors to view directly from within the classroom player.

Study 100

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 100

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

A ‘New Vision’ for Data Application in Schools New Visions for Public Schools, founded in 1989, currently runs 10 charter high schools serving 3,600 students. The complexity of management at the high school level has really been underestimated,” says Mark Dunetz, president of New Visions, in an interview with EdSurge.

Ethics 115

Ethics Beliefs Exams Culture 115

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 7, 2016

This app adds fun to what often is the stressful task of preparing for SAT exams. This app is well-suited for its purpose of SAT language prep, as well as useful for PSAT and GRE prep needs and general vocabulary building skills at a middle school and high school level. Conclusion.

Language 114

Language Languages Learning History 114

Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

This fear intensified in high school, where frequent tests ranked students publicly. In my confusion, I began reading for curiosity rather than exams. I have never used traditional tests in my classes because I dont believe that teaching ability can be measured through exams. I had no clear direction or career.

Grades 90

Grades Social Studies Learning Feedback 90

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

–Lisa Cumming, Science Teacher, Olmsted Falls High School. Some of our kids haven’t been in school for two years and are having a hard time adjusting to being back in the classroom. — Stephen Heywood, Broadcast Engineer, PTZOptics. — Keith Look, Ed.D., VP of Equity and Innovation, K-12, Territorium.

Hybrid Learning 297

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Language 297

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2016

In the past two academic years, Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA), an online state school created by the Idaho Legislature, has taken proactive steps to fix a key problem: losing English Language Learner (ELL) students before high school graduation, and losing them from highly technical and content-driven courses like biology.

Hybrid Courses 83

Hybrid Courses Languages Language English 83

Elevate k12

APRIL 24, 2025

With the right supports and certified instructors, virtual teaching can provide outcomes comparable to traditional staffing models. A compelling example is Paton-Churdan Community School District in Iowa. Prioritize certified instruction, even in virtual formats Quality teaching doesn’t have to be in-person to be effective.

Students 85

Students Assignments Exams Science 85

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 28, 2025

Additionally, many online students have flexible schedules, allowing them to take college-level courses, intern at organizations, or dedicate time to passion projects during high school. Many top universities like Stanford, MIT, and Harvard offer free or low-cost online courses that high school students can enroll in.

Essay 52

Essay Students Testing Participation 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As educators have looked to alternatives to assigning essays, one idea that has bubbled up is to bring back oral exams. Or in K-12 settings, where the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum used by many high schools has an oral component. Even so, some educators have been giving the oral exam a try.

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Exams Essay Instructors Education 215

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2017

There’s no federal law banning undocumented immigrants from entering postsecondary institutions—in fact, 20 states (including California, Florida, Texas and New York) offer in-state tuition to undocumented students —but most universities require applicants to submit a high school diploma, if not proof of U.S. citizenship.

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Exams Instructors Assignments Students 123