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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This shortcoming means that, every year, nearly 100,000 elementary teachers across the country enter classrooms with false assurances that they are ready to teach reading. More than 50 years of research has illuminated the most effective way to teach children to read. Just six exams are rated “strong” and four are rated “acceptable.”

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

With school back, let’s talk about the most efficient ways to study. According to research conducted at Stanford University, over 70% of high school students report feeling stressed about their academic workload.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

But if a school does not offer AP courses, students can show academic excellence in other ways without hurting their admissions chances. Enroll in dual enrollment or college-level courses Many community colleges and universities offer dual enrollment programs that allow high school students to take college-level classes.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

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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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The College Board will soon allow high school students to register for Advanced Placement (AP) exams in the fall, rather than having them wait until spring—just before the exams are held. schools, the option to register in the fall led to more underrepresented and low-income students taking the AP exams.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It’s a common belief that testing anxiety affects only older students, such as those taking high school or college placement exams. In special education programs, many of our students’ disabilities are closely related to anxiety, and testing can be a trigger that heightens those negative thoughts and feelings.

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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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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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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

That is the clearest takeaway from survey results published this month by the ACT Center for Equity in Learning, an arm of the nonprofit best known for its college entrance exam. I prefer learning at school than at home.” “It It is very hard to learn new topics at home without the instruction of a teacher right in front of you.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

To help, here are six ways school leaders can encourage students to consider careers in teaching, which will benefit K-12 education in the long term. At FlexPoint, we have a Principles of Teaching program of study that provides high school students with the technical and soft skills needed to become a professional educator.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 5, 2024

Key points: CTE programs help students gain industry experience and set goals 4 ways to support work-based learning CTE advocates want more funding as demand increases For more news on CTE, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub As the U.S.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on March 21, 2017. To remediate the exam preparation study skills that beginning (and other) students are missing, most of us respond by telling students about those skills that make for good exam performance. What they’d done in high school worked, why should they change?

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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. More than 50 years of research has illuminated the most effective way to teach children to read.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

This fall, I will return to the classroom for my second year teaching English at Philadelphia’s Excel Academy South , an accelerated high school experience for students seeking a smaller, more personal setting, intensely focused on elevating social skills, emotional wellness, and academic success. .

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

percent of students reported having a test, quiz, or exam within their first week of school. As another survey conducted on September 3, 2024, by Brainly.com of 1,500 students revealed, 72 percent of high school students are stressed about returning to school this year. percent), studying for tests (48.8

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

While high school GPAs provide valuable insight, grade inflation can mar their reliability. Harvard introduced the SAT ® Exam to identify talented students nationwide, breaking regional biases and creating opportunities for working-class students. High school GPAs are not standardized, making uniform comparisons difficult.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Nonprofit VHS Learning is partnering with Continental Han Feng Network Technology (CHF) to develop a full Chinese language high school program. We know there is a huge demand for Chinese language instruction, but not all high schools have the staff or resources to offer these courses.

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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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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2016

The computer science learning tool has students typing real code from day one, and CodeCombat enables teachers without any CS background to teach a course on coding. One of the many schools to have implemented CodeCombat in the classroom is Gage Park High in Chicago.

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MAY 3, 2019

The once novel technology behind chess- and gameshow-playing computers is all but commonplace today; it’s in everything from medical diagnostic applications to Gmail spam filters—and as some high school and college students are finding out, a new generation of online tools for foreign language learning.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

Our society cannot wait for this year’s fourth graders, who are benefiting from recent changes in the way we teach reading, to grow up and enter the workforce in 2032. Doing so ensures all workers have the skills to support their families and contribute meaningfully to their communities. points and 1.5 points, respectively.

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JANUARY 1, 2017

Are you teaching for tomorrow? In fact, this question has become the cornerstone of my personal educational philosophy, and a guiding principle for my team of high school social studies educators at Fairfax County Public Schools. It’s a question I often ask myself and educators in my professional network. They shouldn’t.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2024

Key points: Algebra 1 is used to predict college and career success 4 ways to support work-based learning The exposure gap is blocking students’ ability to envision future careers For more news on college and career, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub This NWEA press release originally appeared online.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

It is easier to tell a 6 th grader that he has a hard time with systems of equations than tell a high school student he doesn’t understand the second World War. Implementing systems like ExamSoft or Canvas for online exams can facilitate this. High school educators should prepare students for college by building these habits.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Over 30 years ago, I took my first job in public education as a biology high school teacher, and instantly knew this was the career path for me. How often and when will students take exams? Other questions you should consider are: What is the ideal teacher response time?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This year in schools across the nation, approximately 136,000 students took advanced placement (AP) computer science, a 31 percent increase from last year. Often, by the time students hit middle school, they have already decided whether they are “good” at science and math. Expose students to STEM at an early age.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

And for high school students, preparing for the ACT and SAT remains as important as ever. Students or their parents could pick up study guidebooks and computer practice exams, for example. Still many students, and especially those still in high school, struggle without guidance and accountability.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

We asked education experts to share their thoughts regarding student success priorities in 2025 (find 50 edtech predictions for 2025 here )–discover what they had to say: Across the country, there is growing consensus and demand for high school transformation.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2016

And though interest in computer science education, and access to it, is growing, the report found that not enough students are taking high-quality computer science classes at the high school and university levels. The computer science Advanced Placement exam represents only 1.1 Teach computer science in all high schools.

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MARCH 12, 2018

As we walk towards the new Career Launch Center, Anabel Garza, principal at Reagan Early College High School in Austin, Texas, greets two young men in the hallway. Garza’s story is well-chronicled, the age-old tale of a principal trying to turn around an impoverished school with failing tests scores. Completion is the goal.”

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Some of the challenges facing schools and teachers include: Lack of STEM educators and diversity. In the 2022-23 school year, 17 state education agencies (almost one-third of the country) expressed that one of their greatest challenges has been filling STEM teaching positions. Hyper-focused on standardized testing.

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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

A free online course from Rice University uses attention-grabbing videos, interactive lab activities, dramatic physics demonstrations, engaging instructors and a free online textbook to help high school students prepare for the Advanced Placement (AP) Physics 1 Exam. Part 4 will offer a comprehensive exam prep.

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

One day I had been planning to discuss metacognition—a learning strategy I teach to my middle-school students. I often teach students who react with surprise when they do well in my class. Yet every year I see these same students soar and complete the class with high grades. Abby’s story is hardly unique. Enter research.

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2016

But math also becomes challenging to teach and learn, and many students–especially girls–lose interest in mathematics beginning in middle schools. high school graduates were ready for college-level math. Eight of the top 10 jobs today require mathematics, technology, or science. Just 44 percent of 2013 U.S.

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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.” There were a number of questions she wanted to answer back then, questions she’s still asking now: “How do you change a high school curriculum, and why is it so hard to change?” “How It’s already happening , surveys show.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

To overcome these challenges, schools must emphasize early intervention, interactive teaching strategies, and the use of engaging digital tools. With the shift toward more constructivist modes of teaching, we can build really strong conceptual knowledge, but students need time to build out procedural fluency, he said.

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