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Digital learning in a new age

eSchool News

Many high school students want to pursue sports, arts, and career interests in the form os jobs, internships, and other program. Others simply crave the control an innovative school gives them over the time, place, and pace at which they learn. No school can match this, of course, by the traditional approach to gym class.

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💡🧲 Physics! Meet our Top Physics Tutors & Discover Curriculum for Kids

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As the workforce continues to evolve toward technology, energy, and engineering fields, physics provides essential knowledge for future jobs in aerospace, robotics, data science, and clean tech. Even for students who do not pursue STEM careers, physics fosters a flexible, problem-solving mindset that is useful in any field.

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Explicit instruction: Students need more of it

eSchool News

As an assistant principal in a public school in Manhattan, I have begun to use explicit instruction more in my own teaching and have focused on explicit instruction in my professional development with the history and physical education teachers I supervise. My daughter in high school needs explicit instruction.

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Problem-based learning helped boost my underserved students’ engagement

eSchool News

As educators, our charge is to impart knowledge onto our students, open new doors for them, and encourage them to stretch beyond their comfort zones. As a physical education teacher in an underserved community, finding ways to connect with my classes during the pandemic and a time of remote learning was challenging.

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5 models that prioritize learner-centered education

eSchool News

When students reach high school, research shows that close to 66 percent of students are disengaged. But even students who do successfully navigate their schooling emerge with only a specific (and often narrow) skillset that may or may not match their strengths or interests.

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4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

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As the skills expected of today’s graduates change rapidly, school districts have to overhaul their thinking on what it means to be “college and career ready.” Early exposure to higher learning is key to inspiring first-generation college students who may not view postsecondary education as an option. Vancouver Public Schools (Wash.)

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Envisioning the personalized edtech of tomorrow

eSchool News

Before the pandemic, the trend for more personalized, learner-centric experiences in education already existed—the resulting lockdowns merely accelerated digital transformation, which continues to gain momentum across industries.