eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

For more news on college readiness, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub A new study examining the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the predictive validity of high school grade point average (HSGPA) and ACT Composite scores has uncovered significant changes in how these metrics forecast first-year college performance.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Responding to a critical gap in technology education, CompTIA Spark has launched free technology curriculum specifically for middle grade classrooms, grades 5-8. Students gain a solid foundation in key technology concepts to prepare them for future opportunities — in high school and beyond.

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2024

As a result, 28 percent of the students said workers will need to acquire new skills to thrive in the new AI workplace, and more than two thirds are looking to their schools to help position them for future success. The survey polled 825 11th and 12th grade students from across the U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

students who wouldn’t see college as the automatic next step after high school. This insight sparked a year-long project to redesign our high school model. This insight sparked a year-long project to redesign our high school model. These big picture changes will transform our high schools.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In fact, Mercy was the first all-girls school in the country to earn a STEM certification. The interest in our program has been intense; the school’s 500+ students come from 95 grade schools across several counties and even the neighboring state of Indiana.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2024

In her two years of high school at Dearborn Public Schools’ Virtual K-12 school, rising junior Weaam AlAliyi has already learned about computer programming, understanding algorithms, and data analysis in three computer science courses. Yadav also thinks schools should offer classes at a younger age. newsletters.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

Key points: When students have different ways to demonstrate learning, educators can collect more accurate data Middle and high school students benefit from choice, and different assessment options can lead to better engagement See related article: 3 new trends in student assessment As an educator and leader who grades holistically, it becomes important (..)

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

In 2024, both Oklahoma and Wisconsin lowered what it means for students to be proficient in grade-level content. Minnesota, Florida, and North Carolina are rolling back high school math or English requirements. Now, they have proposed eliminating an Algebra II requirement.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

NAPERVILLE, Illinois and BARBERTON, Ohio (PRNewswire-PRWeb) — Metrasens , a leading provider of advanced detection systems for security and safety applications, is pleased to announce its partnership with Barberton High School (BHS), the primary high school within the Barberton City School District.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

There are lots of different ways that high school students earn college credit, but one of the most powerful is also one of the least known. I take grades on module completion, but I exempt students who choose not to participate. History I CLEP exam into my existing classes, instead of treating it as a separate task.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

principals said their elementary or middle school offered algebra in eighth grade, but only to certain students. Meanwhile, just 20% of principals said their school offered the class in eighth grade and that any student could take it. According to a new nationally representative survey released Tuesday, 65% of U.S.

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Edsurge

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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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2025

When schools recognize the challenges students face and provide interventions that foster their sense of belonging, attendance, grades, and graduation rates skyrocket. Combatting the chronic absenteeism crisis requires educators, parents, and students to embrace a shared commitment to regular attendance.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

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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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. In middle and high school courses, its really difficult to connect math to the real world, says Lindsey Henderson, policy director of math for the nonprofit ExcelinEd. When would I ever use this?

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

As AI becomes more widespread in education, more than half of high school students (56 percent) polled think it can go a long way in reducing math anxiety, a new global survey shows. The survey polled 1,500 11th and 12th grade students from across the U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2024

1st Grade A critical skill for first graders is to not only understand the idea of a “digital citizen” but why it’s important to be one. 3rd Grade In 3rd grade, students should become grounded in avoiding and/or dealing with cyberbullies. They can start by NOT making their picture look anything like themselves.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

  CHARLOTTE, NC — Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) today announced it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education supporting the district’s five-year strategic plan, Expedition to 2025: Purpose. The school system has 13,000 students enrolled throughout the city and approximately 2,100 staff members working each day.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

I have always found my work designing lessons–first for high school students and now my graduate students–to be mentally stimulating and cognitively challenging. Grading is the most time-consuming task teachers are responsible for beyond the classroom. I have yet to meet a teacher who enjoys grading.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

A few months into the 2021-22 school year, teachers, parents, and students are once again confronted with the devastating reality of pandemic-prompted learning loss. Within the first quarter of this school year, gaps in academic proficiencies such as reading, writing and math have become prevalent.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

At CTO Russ Selken’s request, Ketchum wrote a proposal to launch esports at eight high schools and presented it to Superintendent Dr. Sara Noguchi, who told Ketchum to go even bigger. The students quickly began recruiting teammates.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2025

Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is partnering with the University of Florida (UF) and the Concord Consortium to introduce a groundbreaking year-long Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Math supplemental certification for FLVS middle and high school students enrolled in the schools Flex option.

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eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2021

I’ve spent about a decade as the chair of the social studies department at Wissahickon High School, where I teach grades 9-12. Years ago, it wasn’t uncommon to get a bit of side-eye when I talked about teaching with comics.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In some cases, a dyslexia diagnosis doesn’t happen until a student is in second grade, with some cases going unnoticed until the learner is already in high school. With research showing that interventions are the most effective when they are done in kindergarten and first grade, the earlier the intervention the better.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

I went to high school at age 11. Within two years, I had run out of math and Spanish classes there, so I walked from my public school campus to nearby Lewis and Clark College to study differential equations, symbolic logic, and the plays of 1830s Spain. He skipped fourth grade. I wish more schools would do the same.

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eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2025

Serving about 1,100 students in grades 6-12, our school has built up its course offerings without having to add headcount. We allow students at our school to take any course they wish, as long as the course doesnt require students to download new software or files. Not everyone learns the same way.

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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 fact, studies have shown that test anxiety is actually the worst in the middle grades. However, testing anxiety affects students of all ages.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

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. Nearly one third of students in grades 6-12 plan to utilize AI-powered online platforms every day that they do homework.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In order to fill the need for these high-wage, in-demand jobs, early STEM intervention and career awareness for students in the middle grades are necessary. Additionally, the median annual wage for STEM occupations in 2023 was $101,650, in comparison to non-STEM occupations at $46,680.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2023

Brainly’s Back-to-School survey highlights a growing trend–66.5 percent of students in grades 6-12 actively seek external support for their homework and study needs. The research shows that 67 percent of middle and high school students are using AI to help with their schoolwork. To their AI tools.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2023

My second-grade teacher made me love Ramona Quimby. I’ve never forgotten my multiplication tables, thanks to my fourth-grade teacher. My fifth-grade teacher taught me to confidently project my voice (much to my husband’s chagrin when I’m on video calls!). My English literature teacher inspired me to write a book.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The report, Voices of New Hampshire Students: Career-Connected Learning’s Role in Building Bright Futures , examines the impact of career-connected learning on the more than 8,500 New Hampshire students in grades 5-12. About half of students say while at school, they learned about a job or career they previously did not know about.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2023

In recent years, close to 70 percent of students went straight from high school to college, with those going to four-year universities typically outnumbering those enrolling in two-year colleges by roughly two to one. The journeys that children take through education are not as straightforward as most people think.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

SCRANTON, PA – MMI Preparatory School, located in Freeland near Hazleton, has approved a pre-college agreement with Lackawanna College, enabling MMI students to earn college credits while still in high school. Provide exposure to college-level coursework, easing the transition from high school to higher education. “We

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Our school is a five-year program that works to create first-generation college students. North Carolina is a leading state in the number of “early colleges,” which allow students to earn a college degree with their high school diploma. This is a great resource for civics teachers to utilize in the classroom.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Using MAP Growth assessment results for grades three to eight, NWEA researchers found a mixed story of academic recovery. public schools that consistently administered the MAP Growth Science assessment from spring 2017 through spring 2024 and consistently tested the same grades within those schools. months behind.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

With a focus on students in grades 7-12, I’ve made it a mission to help struggling readers become proficient. They don’t want to interact with anyone, and by the time they reach 7 th grade, they definitely don’t want to be reminded of their reading struggles. The consequences of early literacy struggles have been well documented.

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