Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 13, 2023

Preparing for exams requires a systematic approach to ensure you cover all the necessary material and feel confident on test day. Whether it is for the SATs in high school, or for finals in college, when the time comes, you will feel a lot of pressure to do well. This is good news for exam preparation, however.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

RISE Up 4 CS will aid African-American high school students in college-level computer science courses and exams. As research reveals that minority students enroll in and pass high school and college STEM courses less often than their peers, efforts are emerging to encourage those student groups to pursue STEM studies.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

With college application season in full swing and the competition for acceptance into top schools more competitive than ever, students are turning to AI-powered tools for application support, reveals a new survey from Brainly. Students are looking for ways to save time and assure them that they are on the right path.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The data brief, False Assurances: Many states’ licensure tests don’t signal whether elementary teachers understand reading instruction , provides the most up-to-date analysis on the quality of elementary reading teacher licensure exams being used by each state. Just six exams are rated “strong” and four are rated “acceptable.”

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Often state policies require students to take complicated exams or pay to take the classes. When done correctly, experts say, dual enrollment can be a critical pathway from high school to college, especially as todays high school seniors are less prepared to move to higher education.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

Many students suffer from math anxiety, which can lead to a lack of confidence and motivation. To overcome these challenges, schools must emphasize early intervention, interactive teaching strategies, and the use of engaging digital tools. You only learn when youre asking the good questions, Catalano noted. The results?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Her overarching goal is to ensure every student has access to job readiness education in their K-12 educational career and every senior has a seamless transition into their best-fit post-high school experiences. “She is a phenomenal asset to our district, and we are so proud of her and the amazing work she leads.”

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

Even before the pandemic, a mental health crisis among high schoolers loomed. According to a survey administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2019, 37 percent of high school students said they experienced persistent sadness or hopelessness and 19 percent reported suicidality.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Epic Charter Schools offers online learning to more than 30,000 students in the state of Oklahoma. For years, the school had been searching for ways to reverse the pattern of disengagement, build motivation to complete schoolwork and get students over that finish line at graduation.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2015

To provide teachers with new ways to involve students in hands-on, inquiry-based science this school year, PASCO Scientific is introducing new hardware, apparatus, and curriculum solutions to engage students in STEM subjects such as chemistry and physics, and motivate them to want to learn more.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2016

From the parent perspective, such assessments can deliver near-immediate information about how children are learning and achieving, said Marty Creel, Discovery Education’s Chief Academic Officer and previously head of curriculum at Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. Up to 50 students can participate at one time.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2025

For instance, parents can help students set realistic deadlines for completing school projects or studying for exams, considering the need for relaxation and the siren call of family fun. But no matter the educational environment, setting clear goals helps students channel their energy in the right direction.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2016

For many high school students, the PSAT/NMSQT® is more than practice for the SAT® or ACT® — it’s the first meaningful step on their path to college, as a high PSAT score can attract notice from colleges and open the door to scholarship opportunities. Free for all students, Kaplan’s PSAT Prep Live will give the 3.8

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Testing Exams Motivation Math 131

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.,”

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Languages Language English Exams 154

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

Try high school students. Looking at these projects, it’s clear that some kids have been so motivated to make beautiful graphs that they’re going out to learn math that most kids don’t learn until college,” says von Oy. “We These aren’t concepts found in most high-school math textbooks.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Experts say that classes that are self-paced, asynchronous or technically possible to tune into from a shared space full of distractions often require students to exhibit more self-control, more intrinsic motivation and better time management. Students could access chatbot quizzes ahead of exams to help assess their level of understanding.

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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.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

The inaugural report aims to uncover timely factors contributing to the current teen mental health crisis as described by the app’s users—middle and high school students. The study utilizes anonymized data from over 30,000 confidential sessions teens held on the AI-powered app during the 2023-24 school year.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2025

This workbook walks you through the long process, provides check lists of everything required, decision making matrices, goal-setting exercises to determine if USNA is a good fit for you, and a mix of motivation and academic advice to balance a decision that rightfully might be the biggest one most teens have ever made.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

McClarin Success Academy in College Park, GA is an alternative high school and many of our students have never passed a standardized test. Many of our students are victims of societal neglect and discrimination—and that happens even inside school buildings. Student apathy is one of my greatest frustrations.

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Testing Exams Essay Ethics 129

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

OCTOBER 1, 2019

I struggled from an early age with comprehension and performed below the average on national reading exams. And despite eventually growing into a bibliophile, this was a difficult truth to reckon with as I prepared to become a high school English teacher. My first year of teaching, I was assigned five sections of English 10.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2022

Thus this latest shot across the bow, which comes courtesy of a new report from ACT , the nonprofit behind the college entrance exam. In it, ACT researchers found evidence of grade inflation over the past decade—namely, that the average high school GPA increased 0.19 grade points, from 3.17 in 2010 to 3.36

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

The country regularly ranks among the highest in mathematics, science and reading on international tests like the PISA exam. Yet that comes at a cost: immense academic pressure to do well on exams, which critics believe is a factor that fuels bullying in schools. Education is serious business in Japan.

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Disabilities Exams Attention Education 126

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2017

Covering four years, the entrepreneurship category of the Capstone Program asks high school students to lead and drive their own learning. The Veale Venture Challenge is an open program for high school students. School as startup would not mean: homework, grades, exams, or scheduled class periods.

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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. staying motivated). Student: I didn’t complete all the problems.

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Student Engagement Exams Learning Students 119

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2023

She had enrolled at ASU right after high school, back in 2010. At 17, she says, her motivation for being in college was not a hunger to learn new things. “I Krip had started community college after high school, but left and went on to work in retail and as a nanny. I all but failed chemistry in high school.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Last year when I visited home, I made a stop at my alma mater, Kongjiang High School, a top-ranking school in Shanghai. At least I can say my high school has Wi-Fi and does not restrain the use of mobile devices after class. When I asked if she uses any technology in class, I got a blank stare in return.

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Mobile Devices English Exams Testing 117

Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

In talking with Fraser, it becomes clear that the decision to relaunch Carmen was motivated in a big way by nostalgia. The company seems to be betting that it might not be such a hard sell to get her back into schools and homes given that so many Carmen fans now wield purchasing power and lead classrooms of their own.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2023

After a stint as a restaurant server, eight years working as a community crisis liaison, and the last three years as a restorative interventionist in a public high school, he’s learned how to read people, how to build their trust, and how to form meaningful connections with them. Is there a specific memory or story associated with it?

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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.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

High-stakes entrance exams determine which students are admitted to the top high schools, then the top colleges, then the top jobs in cities that citizens view as “ first-tier.” Children playing sports in school in Xingtai City, China. Other observers read between the lines and discern another motivation.

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Culture English Exams Cognitive Development 161

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

These web-based classes offer motivated students a self-paced, self-directed path to achieving their college dreams in an affordable, flexible, quality ecosystem that prepares them for future careers in fields they love. All they need is an internet connection and a webcam (for proctored exams). How to get started. Things to know.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2018

Antonio was just one of the memorable students in my first science research class at Christ the King Regional High School, a parochial school in Queens, New York. At the time, our school had a reputation for high standards, but its instructional model was very cookie cutter. We persisted.

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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. staying motivated). Student: I didn’t complete all the problems.

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Student Engagement Exams Learning Students 105

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

A project of the Institute of Play, Quest, as the school is known, is an Innovation Zone (or iZone) school, itself a project of the city’s public school system. Yet even though the school is zoned for a wealthy area of Manhattan, where achievement is highly prized, standardized test scores were nothing special.

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Skills Critical Thinking Game-Based Learning Failure 168

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The research that started in my class grew much larger and became an authentic and rigorous study that spanned multiple grade-levels, schools and years. The study included more than 1,500 students at the middle and high school levels. The purpose? Researching how students in classrooms learn best.

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