k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

In a 2023 national survey by Hanover Research, only 27% of American high school students said they felt what they were learning was relevant to the real world. Traditional tests don’t always capture things like creativity, grit, or collaboration. That number should stop us in our tracks.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Teaching 8th grade ELA can be a uniquely rewarding experience, as long as you’ve got the right tools. But is that enough to prepare new teenagers for 9th grade? We’ve gathered our favorite 8th grade ELA teacher essentials, including tips for brand-new teachers and seasoned veterans alike.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2025

The top 10 chat topics were the same across all ages, grades and geographic locations, according to data from more than 250,000 messages exchanged with middle and high school students spanning 19 states.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

The Moment I Came Around As I reflected on the level of choice I give to students, and the degree of authority I have over them, I recalled my own schooling during fifth grade in Ms. I asked my students, “Do you understand why you learn what you learn in school?” Some students opted for a good old-fashioned test.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

Diagnostic assessments, as opposed to summative assessments, measure students’ current knowledge and skills, helping educators identify gaps and areas for growth, and guide teachers and school leaders toward where students might need additional instruction, resources or support to meet learning outcomes. How would it be delivered?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Perfect as bell-ringers, exit tickets, or brain breaks for high school , these five-minute writing ideas are a great way to get students into a writing state of mind right after the bell rings. 19 Longer Journal Writing Prompts for High School For a deeper dive into your students thoughts, assign longer journal prompts for high school.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

And as faculty members grapple with what this means for grading, tech companies have proved yet again that there’s money to be made from panic. She became one of the first Turnitin users at the large community college north of Los Angeles, testing out the software before campuswide adoption.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

In summary Five years after COVID shut down most California high schools, today’s college students describe a difficult transition to adulthood, marked by fear, loss and a lack of preparation. The 2021 class of high school graduates saw the percentage of low-performing math students tick up even more, to 22%.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 15, 2025

Create race cars with everyday items When it comes to engineering activities for middle school, nothing beats a race car — except another race car. Students work on cars that they’ll later pit against each other in the ultimate test of mechanical engineering, aerodynamics, and creativity. Explore middle school resources

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k12

JUNE 24, 2025

12th grade student and SAC intern SAC Blog Series: Each year, the K12 Marketing Department hires a cohort of high school interns known as the Student Advisory Council or SAC. I wasn’t able to lean into that at my previous in-person school. Did you previously go to a brick-and-mortar school? By: Madison B.,

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Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 30, 2025

I once randomly met a teacher from a local high school at a social event. I knew that one of my young relatives, then a 15-year-old, attended the school, so naturally I mentioned him. He explained, "Whenever teachers know what a kid likes, they try to take it away and use it as, like, a reward for good grades or something."

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Without curiosity, educators are left with no alternative but manipulation through a system of punishments and rewards which are still not guarantees of learning, but rather of successful test taking. intuitively know what the schools do for them. They school them to confuse process and substance. Many students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

Priscilla Rahn, a Denver teacher who has been active in Colorado Republican Party politics, said her district still uses language such as “dismantling systems of white supremacy” while she sees little evidence that it’s made schools better. “We We do all these DEI trainings, and our kids still can’t read and write on grade level,” she said.

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k12

JUNE 10, 2025

SAC Blog Series: Each year, the K12 Marketing Department hires a cohort of high school interns known as the Student Advisory Council or SAC. My 9th grade year, I earned my Adobe InDesign certification. Psychology is a dual credit course where I’m earning high school and college credit at the same time.

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History English Schools Students 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 30, 2025

High school isn’t all fun and games, but it can have a few jokes and riddles! Keep students guessing and thinking with a set of riddles for high school students. A pillow 14 ELA Enigmas and Wordplay Puzzles Need a brain break for high school students between chapters of your latest novel unit? What am I?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Find everything you need for facilitating great debates in your high school class. From good debate topics for high school to resources for structuring and crafting arguments, you’ll find everything you need for a fiery debate in any subject. Should high school students be allowed to drop out of school when they want?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2025

In the words of James Stockdale, USNA ’46 and Medal of Honor Winner: “The test of character is not ‘hanging in there’ when you expect a light at the end of the tunnel, but performance of duty and persistence of example when you know that no light is coming.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Testing anxiety shows itself in different ways for different students. It can range from refusing to do work, crying, hiding in the bathroom, and verbal aggression to physical behavior like flipping tables and desks or hitting school staff. However, testing anxiety affects students of all ages.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Until now, the story of how COVID affected who got their high school diploma went something like this: Graduation rates dipped a little for the class of 2021, but recovered the following year. Where a student lived and what policies their school followed during the pandemic affected how likely they were to graduate from high school.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Work-based learning partnerships are not just an add-on to the high school experience; they’re a transformative element that can lead to remarkable success. Consider the case of Sarah, an EHS student who spent part of her school day working at an advanced manufacturing organization.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

College admissions trends have followed suit, especially regarding standardized testing. The debate over using test scores in college admissions has oscillated between requiring them and questioning their necessity in favor of relying more on student grade point averages (GPAs).

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Key points: A study offers important considerations for how colleges can best evaluate student performance Test: The four-letter word that works with GPA for college admissions What data is necessary to help students succeed? Key findings: The onset of the pandemic saw significant grade inflation in high schools.

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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

AUGUST 11, 2023

This article offers ideas that are outside traditional essay writing and test taking mediums. What is equally important is that we provide varied assessment opportunities so students can demonstrate understanding in different ways. Speech an expert Students can write speeches on a particular topic that connects to the unit being studied.

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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

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 also make Modern States (and taking the CLEP test) optional for my students–but I do give extra credit for passing the exam. History I CLEP passed, and 92 percent passed U.S.

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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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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked widespread opposition from parents. They signed petitions and showed up in force at school board meetings to rail against the changes.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2021

For millions of students from low-income backgrounds, the transition to college or the workforce from high school is a steep, sometimes insurmountable, climb. That transition can look more like a cliff: The supports and structure of high school fall away, revealing a chasm students must somehow cross alone.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

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. homework, lecture notes, practice tests).

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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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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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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2022

At a time when more colleges and universities are taking tentative steps away from standardized tests , ACT is not only recognizing the threat, but urging caution. Last year, the number of ACT test takers declined 22 percent, even as the number of test optional schools grew to include a slew of public state school systems.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2023

Over the course of the three-day event, these highly skilled students were tested on their knowledge of renewable energy, their design and problem-solving skills, and their wind turbines’ energy output by a team of renewable energy educators and industry professionals. Mauston Gummy Bears from Mauston High School in Mauston, Wis.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 30, 2024

As High School students explore post-graduation options, more and more are looking at careers as creators. Dive into the world of photo editing with our comprehensive guide tailored for high school students. It is fulfilling and potentially lucrative and relies heavily on individual passion and preparation.

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