Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2021

I attended low-performing elementary and middle schools in San Francisco, and no one in my family had ever gone to college. For millions of students from low-income backgrounds, the transition to college or the workforce from high school is a steep, sometimes insurmountable, climb. At a time when more than 4.6

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2022

In 2014, I got my first teaching job at a brand new high school in Detroit. The building had once been an elementary school with a fully functioning library. I remember fondly the book recommendations that my elementary and middle school librarians would give me. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

NEW YORK – Brainly, the AI Learning Companion TM used by 15 million monthly active users, announces the release of Test Prep, the latest AI-powered innovation designed to improve test scores, boost student confidence and reduce anxiety. students confirming they don’t give themselves enough time to study for their tests.

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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

JUNE 24, 2021

Who gets to go to the best public high school in the country? after school officials made changes to the admissions process for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology last year. The stated goal was to increase the diversity of students at the public magnet school, which U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

“And we know that middle school teachers in particular play such an important role in a student’s journey which is why they are the key to bringing technology education to more schools. 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

JANUARY 13, 2025

Young people need to start exploring career possibilities, based on their strengths and interests, starting in middle school–and theyre beginning to. High school internships will become more prevalent. There is no substitute for real world learning starting in high school. Starting early.

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

A new career-matching app is looking to introduce students as young as middle school with modern careers, closing what some have described as an exposure gap. According to the company, 92% of High School graduates have no idea what they want to be, or what career path would best suit them.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

The answer to that question, it turns out, depends a lot on two things: how your school identifies students for advanced math, and where you live. principals said their elementary or middle school offered algebra in eighth grade, but only to certain students. Algebra is often considered a gateway class.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2019

As a middle school Spanish teacher, my #1 goal is to have my students fall in love with learning a language the way I did in middle school. Gimkit – this is a newer game that was created by a high school student! Quizizz – I love this tool the best because it tests accuracy instead of speed.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In Tennessee, the education system made headlines a few years back when the state announced the “ Tennessee Promise ”—an initiative granting thousands of high school students the opportunity to attend two years of free community college. And you’ve even gotten middle school students involved? Goodness gracious.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

BOSTON, MA – Kids today do not feel adequately prepared to make informed, confident decisions about what they want to do after high school. Research shows that more than 65 percent of students feel they would have benefited from more career exploration in middle and high school.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

  – 3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) named Sirish Subash, a 9 th grader at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology in Snellville, Georgia, the winner of the 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation’s premier middle school science competition.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Unlike pandemic-related math and reading achievement, science achievement in grades three through five has returned to near pre-COVID levels while middle school grades, specifically seventh and eighth grades, continue to show signs of a struggling recovery. This report analyzed data from 621 U.S.

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2017

Further, what if this mindset change led to an increase in student achievement on tests? The technique involves testing students twice: once individually and once in groups. What if we could empower our teachers to turn student assessment into a process of learning instead of a focus on measurement? Achievement Gains x 3.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

On its face, the cell phone policy at Forest Hills High School seems clear: Phones cannot be used in school and must be turned off during the day, unless a teacher allows them as part of a lesson. Some educators saw an immediate shift once cell phones were allowed in schools. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

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. Some states have eligibility requirements, such as passing a standardized test. What do the community colleges need?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2017

To date, some states have developed standards for teaching financial literacy, but where do schools turn for resources to implement those standards and who do they turn to for advice on what aspects of money management they should teach and when? 22 states (+DC) require a high school class be offered. scored below the OECD mean.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This is the second part of a two-part story looking at how one school is piloting MIT research on playful assessments to measure student growth. And perhaps most novel, instead of traditional tests, they’re using “Sparkle Sleuths,” one in an emerging set of assessment tools to measure their mastery. Read part one for background.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In eighth grade math, the gap between the highest- and lowest-performing students was the widest in the tests history. The new NAEP scores have landed as conservatives push to expand private school choice, public schools grapple with budget cuts, culture war skirmishes persist, and chronic absenteeism remains at historically high levels.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Cultivating an early interest in STEM There is a stigma surrounding math and science that typically begins in elementary and middle schools, perpetuating the idea that math and science is ‘scary,’ too hard or challenging, or a topic meant for boys. Hyper-focused on standardized testing. Inadequate or unavailable resources.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA recently released results of a yearlong study examining the effectiveness of a reading fluency intervention targeting struggling middle school readers from historically marginalized populations or those living in poverty. school district in 2022-23.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2024

Cyberbullying, increasingly more common, occurred at least once per week in 37 percent of middle schools, 25 percent of high schools, and 6 percent of elementary schools. Attendance and achievement predict students’ probability of graduating high school, which in turn predicts lifetime earnings.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

That’s why at Jacksonville Independent School District we like to combine social-emotional learning with coding education. Here’s how it has worked since we introduced virtual robotics at our middle school. At the time, we did not have a robotics course for middle grades at all, though we did have an after-school STEM club.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Eleven years later, as I walk through the halls in a middle school/high school setting, I see students sitting on a tile floor crowded around a device trying to type, communicate, take videos, and record their voices with background noise and distractions often interrupting their progress.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2021

Through the partnership, new Virginia TSA school chapters can purchase Flinn Scientific’s WhiteBox Learning program at an exclusive rate to be used by students as they compete in regional, state, and national competitions that test their engineering skills. states and includes high school and middle school students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Batavia, Illinois, December 21, 2021 — To support school district science programs in delivering comprehensive content and customizable labs across science subject areas, Flinn Scientific recently launched the PAVO platform.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

NEW YORK – Students are gearing up for the 2023 school year, and new research from Brainly reveals that AI is an integral element in middle and high school students’ academic life – even as educators debate and worry whether the revolutionary technology belongs in the classroom. To their AI tools.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were, beginning in March 2020 and up until today, and never before has their resilience been more apparent. The eSchool Media K-12 Hero Awards program, sponsored by Trox , recognizes the determined and dedicated efforts of educators throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2015

High Tech High — the San Diego-based charter-school system comprised of five high schools and eight total elementary and middle schools — likes to think of itself as something of an outlier. A PBL approach is making strides at a system where 99 percent of students go to college.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Christina Sorenson, language arts resource teacher, Henry Middle School, Cedar Park, Texas. “I They also appreciate that it’s fixing problems early, so by the time students take our state tests in the third grade, they’ve closed those gaps.”. Mary (LA) Parish Schools. “ On average, they made 1.8

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Let’s take an example of a middle school student struggling with systems of equations. 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. This balance becomes harder to strike as more topics are presented.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 4, 2025

By high school, students have probably heard What do you want to be when you grow up? Its one of the reasons why high school (and increasingly middle school!) Use these meaningful career exploration activities for high school students to help students discover their interests, skills, and passions.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2019

Biggest challenge: “In Florida, as in many states, we’d been given mandate after mandate about standardized testing, teacher evaluations, etc.,” We needed to get our students working toward the types of skills they needed to be successful after high school.”. says Bill Emerson, assistant superintendent. The coolest thing?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Traditional tests focused on factual recall may instead give way to assessments that better align with NGSS’s emphasis on critical thinking, problem-solving, and the application of knowledge in real-world contexts. As the NGSS continues to gain traction, we can expect a shift in how student learning is assessed.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Many educators recognize that standardized tests don’t measure everything—and that some of the most critical types of growth can’t be measured by a numerical score. Seven years ago, during my first year of teaching, all of my eleventh graders failed the Georgia State End of Course Test in American Literature. Something didn’t add up.

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