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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

If the interest at your school is bigger, engineers can make an all-school presentation at a middle- or high-school career day. Future City challenges middle-school students to take four months to imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future using the free platform SimCity. for High School.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

talking with family about feelings; feeling supported by family during difficult times; participating in community traditions, such as athletics; sharing a sense of belonging with high school peers; receiving the support of friends; experiencing care from at least two adults who are not parents; and feeling safe and protected by an adult at home.

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AUGUST 27, 2021

Participants in this VFT directly affected by 9/11 discuss the event and its impact, the national and global unity that ensued, and the lessons learned which remain relevant today. Mortenson, an Instructional Coach at Verona Area High School in the Verona Area School District.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

These exceptional students are: In second place, Minula Weerasekera from Beaverton, Oregon, a 9 th grader at Mountainside High School. In third place, William Tan from Scarsdale, New York, an 8 th grader at Scarsdale Middle School. The second and third place winners from the Young Scientist Challenge each receive a $2,000 prize.

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MARCH 16, 2016

White House competition is giving schools the chance to design and realize the perfect makerspace. A new Department of Education-sponsored challenge is letting high school students design the makerspace of their dreams — with $200,000 going to as many as 10 winning schools to help turn their plans into reality.

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MAY 29, 2023

Launched in 2023, the program supports past participants and future scientists as part of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge ( #YoungScientist ). The new Alumni Network and Alumni Grants Program offers previous participants networking opportunities, resources, events, and funding for existing science projects.

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MARCH 31, 2021

On a memorable morning in my high school civics class, the students—seniors, full of energy—learned about the formation and function of our legislative branch. One student, standing up and projecting his voice, declared: “Virginia objects to New Jersey demanding that She give away Her fair and right voice in the new government.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

They were asked to agree or disagree with statements about college and career plans, how they’re faring in school and with their mental health, among other topics. Amongst the high school seniors, most reported having applied to trade school, community college or a university along with federal financial aid.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

SparkCare+ is made up of two components: a communication with the participant, and a mechanism that uses deep neural networks to select therapeutic music. The communication component of SparkCare+ asks the participant questions and elaborates on the Hamilton Anxiety and Depression rating scales, providing insight for the AI.

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JUNE 29, 2022

[Arizona] Iraj Shroff, BASIS Chandler Charter School, BASIS Charter Schools. California] Ryan Park, La Canada High School, La Canada Unified School District. Colorado] Vikram Raju, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora Public Schools. Connecticut] Toshan Bhattacharya, Bethel Middle School, Bethel Public School District.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Nonprofit’s 8GA program aims to extend learning day for 8th graders to support them through high school and beyond. If a child can succeed in the 8th grade, he or she has a greater chance of graduating high school, attending college and securing a good-paying job.

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JULY 16, 2024

A recent survey from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation found that less than half of Gen Z students enrolled in middle and high school felt motivated to go to school. Only about half reported doing something interesting in school everyday.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

percent for high school graduates with no college. One way is for remote learners to join digital networks, especially those that engage them in online class discussions with offline participants. Of its 1,500 participants, 50 percent are women and 27 percent are Black and Latino. percent, compared with 5.8

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JULY 10, 2020

Back before the internet made it possible—and popular—for people to document their lives in real time, teenagers found themselves preserved between the pages of their high school yearbooks—forever young. We encourage schools to define success as four-year, or slightly longer, graduation rates,” Schaeffer explains.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Public Schools showcases its students’ STEM successes at its annual Tinker Fair. . At Warren Township High School in Illinois, students are also learning these skills by participating in a yearly hackathon. . DeQueen (Ark.) It’s a culmination of robotics and programming being taught at every grade level.

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JUNE 14, 2018

And while gender parity among students was observed in early grades, participation by girls dropped 25 percent between 8th grade and high school. The culture of a given space was found to greatly impact student participation, the mindsets they develop and how they collaborate and share information with others.

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JANUARY 1, 2021

Today’s educators seek to provide learning experiences that prepare students to be healthy, successful participants in college, career, civics, and home life. There’s a critical need for more funding for schools, including fair pay for teachers. We no longer solely prepare students to be college-ready. We seek life-readiness.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

You may have seen the photos of stadiums packed to the gills with crazed fans or photos of young high school- and college-aged players hoisting sparkling trophies high into the air as they pull in million-dollar prize purses. From one institution to 35-plus in three years is fairly rapid growth in the world of higher education.

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MARCH 9, 2023

high school students. The report included data on school connectedness, which the CDC defines as “the feeling among adolescents that people at their school care about them, their well-being, and success.” Students also reported feeling more supported, and on the whole, experienced increased perceptions of inclusion.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

College career fairs look like an awkward high school dance: Students circle around company booths, unsure whether to stop and drop off a resume. One company is making a business out of helping student associations and companies connect beyond the walls of tri-folds and stacks of resumes at career fairs.

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APRIL 11, 2016

The STEM Challenge is open to middle school and high school students in the U.S. A full calendar of workshops and events along with submission rules, game development and design tools, and STEM resources for participants and mentors can be found on the STEM Challenge website. in grades five through twelve.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

And even as some observers may critique new efforts as going too far, others worry they won’t go far enough toward equity—by teaching more explicitly about extremism, or embracing the political participation of student activists, or addressing the needs of students who lack resources. In the U.S.,

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MARCH 28, 2019

Today, I teach marketing at the same high school I attended. Many students referred to the school as “ratchet Round Rock.” Round Rock High School celebrated its centennial in 2013, and while our school buildings were not quite 100 years old, it sure felt that way to some students.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

citizens to understand their government and participate in democracy. “It I feel so strongly about this topic because I’ve seen first-hand how vital it is for all citizens to understand our Constitution and our unique system of government, and participate actively in their communities.”

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2016

In conjunction with The White House Science Fair 2016, Oracle and The White House recently announced Oracle’s plan to invest $200 million in direct and in-kind support for computer science education in the United States over the next 18 months. Part of $3.3 Today’s commitment expects to reach more than 232,000 students in over 1,100 U.S.

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

“It matters at school, and it matters for our future competitiveness as a nation, when you think about it,” Litman said. Schools, nonprofits and local governments could then provide students with the maps showing where they can find free internet in their area. and Winterset, Iowa—school districts are going a step further.

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JULY 30, 2019

This summer, the space is also hosting more than 40 high school students from across the San Francisco Bay Area. They are part of a summer program organized by PilotCity , a San Leandro-based startup that connects local high school students with regional employers for work-based projects and internships.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Whether it's someone in high school or university or as an adult that's trying to reskill themselves, what they're needing to learn—and what they're looking to get certified in—is something which this current centralized system, on its own, cannot solve. And then there's also med-tech. And there's also fintech.

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MAY 9, 2023

For instance, it now groups student users who are at the same level of mastery together, to make competition more fair. The collaborative aspect of CoCo has caught the attention of high school students like Nagamitesh Nagamuralee, who introduced the beta version in his robotics clubs in his former middle school in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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JUNE 17, 2019

If they have a question, the facilitator—they aren’t called teachers here—will say, ‘Did you Google it?’” “We’re really trying to make the students leaders, to make them feel like they have experiences that they can legitimately list on a résumé before they even graduate high school.”

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Listening to Nicole’s impassioned and detailed presentation on the Puerto Rican debt crisis and its impact on the island’s healthcare system, it was easy to forget a high school senior was addressing a group of 100 students and teachers. Nicole’s story was a personal one. We began with about 20 students. Why the increase?

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MAY 16, 2019

Census and includes “contextual information on students attending a particular high school including SAT performance, AP performance, average number of AP courses taken, percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch, etc.

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Schools, media, and investors are all keeping an eye on the growth. In fact, research shows that 80 percent of esports teams are comprised of students who have never before participated in extracurricular activities. –Lisa Cumming, Science Teacher, Olmsted Falls High School. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

High school seniors across the country endure months of suspense as they await the arrival of college admissions decisions. This June, there was a new round of news for some high school seniors — one they weren’t even expecting. Now, high school graduates in New York will have to actively turn down pursuing college.

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JULY 12, 2017

They were immediately taken with the museum’s learning model and wanted to incorporate elements of it into their classrooms at Simon Baruch Middle School 104. Over the years, the teachers have participated in curriculum development, design labs and field trips, which have influenced the course and their practice.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

But high school English and journalism teacher Bryan Christopher is using micro-writing regularly in his classroom to support identity development and to build a sense of belonging. The answer—like so much else related to digital copyright and fair use—is kind of a gray area. This New Orleans School Actually Provides It.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

After all, he noted, black families whose heads of household earned a college degree fair worse financially than white families whose heads of household dropped out of high school. She and Temple University worked out a conflict of interest plan for her participation. “I

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