Remove High School Remove Motivation Remove Schools
article thumbnail

Teachers see online learning as critical for workforce readiness in 2025

eSchool News

Conducted at the start of the year, the survey of over 300 high school teachers underscores the growing need for educators to offer career-focused learning content and alternative high school pathways that equip students with workforce-ready skills in flexible ways beyond traditional schooling.

article thumbnail

Is Online Schooling a Good Fit for Teens?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Even before COVID burst on the scene and drove many schools into online versions of themselves, remote teaching had been gaining popularity. Driven by reasons like flexibility, personal needs, and accessibility, the positives associated with online schooling were convincing many to take a second look.

eLearning 164
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

AI can personalize learning–it can’t make students care

eSchool News

What if the missing ingredient in student achievement isn’t better curriculum, tech, or teachers, but better motivation? What if the key to unlocking motivation isn’t something intrinsic to students, but something found in their relationships with peers, teachers, mentors, and communities? But that vision overlooks something deeper.

article thumbnail

Many students decide they’re not a ‘math person’ by the end of elementary school, new study shows

eSchool News

However, the RAND study notes that routine boredom is associated with lower school performance, reduced motivation, reduced effort, and increased rates of dropping out of school. A majority of those students identified that way as early as elementary school.

article thumbnail

Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

Edsurge

Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Solving this motivation problem is tricky. 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.

Math 180
article thumbnail

5 online resources to beat the summer slide

eSchool News

With the growing availability of engaging, high-quality online learning tools, students have more opportunities than ever to keep their skills sharp. These tools offer interactive lessons, personalized learning paths, and fun activities that reinforce what students learned during the school year–without making summer feel like school.

Math 267
article thumbnail

A Motivation Problem

Teacher Toms Blog

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. They are so committed to carrots and sticks that they simply can conceive of a child who is motivated from within.