eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2016

Science achievement gaps present between racial, ethnic and socio-economic groups in the eighth grade already exist when those children are in kindergarten, according to new research published in Educational Researcher, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association. Department of Education.

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MAY 3, 2021

When Carlo Diy throws out a question to his high school entrepreneurship and marketing students, he steels himself for an uncomfortable few moments ahead. It's just crickets,” says Diy, a second-year teacher at Durham Public Schools in North Carolina. Competitive Engagement For Diy, the study itself is rather simple.

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Teachers Attention Peer Review Intelligence 194

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Through anonymous surveys, focus groups, longitudinal interventions, and interviews, we’ve learned with educators and school personnel across the nation (more than 20,000 and counting!) Across our studies, the results are clear: Saying SEL is a priority is not enough to support educator well-being. over the past nine months.

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Education Intelligence Counselling Peer Review 218

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Edmentum was honored to have Marzano Research peer review a research project we conducted for our classroom practice and assessment program, Study Island; Marzano confirmed the effectiveness of using Study Island for online practice. Ace the Test with Study Island. Study Island New Game-Based Group Sessions.

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Testing Exams Peer Review Study 161

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Marc Pedersen Paulding County High School Students At Paulding County High School in Dallas, Georgia, science classes are messy and alive. Marc Pedersen leads the biotechnology career pathway classes at Paulding County High School, a magnet school in Georgia about one hour away from Atlanta.

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STEM Laboratory Peer Review Schools 143

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MAY 5, 2023

Whether high school graduates transition to college or a career, there is a good chance that they will tap into their creative skills. And research shows that peer reviews build community among students and help them develop critical thinking and communication skills. Creativity has a broad reach across the workforce.

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Peer Review Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking Communication 178

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Gale In Context student databases : 7 multidisciplinary, multi-source type databases covering elementary, middle, high school, environmental studies, biographical info, science and a wide range of viewpoints on todays social issues.

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Accessibility Multidisciplinary Peer Review History 133

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

BHP, dubbed a “social studies course that runs on jet fuel”, covers nearly 14 billion years of history for middle and high school students. Freddy has been studying how kids learn to read for four decades and has written more than 100 peer reviewed articles on the subject. Elfrieda “Freddy” H.

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History Writing Social Studies Peer Review 144

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JULY 10, 2020

Back before the internet made it possible—and popular—for people to document their lives in real time, teenagers found themselves preserved between the pages of their high school yearbooks—forever young. We encourage schools to define success as four-year, or slightly longer, graduation rates,” Schaeffer explains.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In 2019, the US Department of Education reported that one in every three American high school students participates in dual enrollment courses (Shivji & Wilson, 2019), a number expected to rise in the coming years. Dual credit programs also help students transition from high school to college more efficiently.

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Instructors Peer Review High School High School 122

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MAY 28, 2020

But there’s also a solid foundation of evidence available that schools of education can use to inform their teacher preparation programs. Today, much of that research is produced by a small community of academics based in education schools, says Archambault. Just a few years old, it’s still a “fledgling journal,” Archambault says.

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JUNE 12, 2020

While delivering a series of remote writing lessons focused on the editing process, particularly peer review, she noticed a substantial change in the independence of her students. When he transitioned his high school classroom in Phoenix to distance learning, Neal was already using ClassDojo as a way to track positive behaviors.

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Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In 2019, the US Department of Education reported that one in every three American high school students participates in dual enrollment courses (Shivji & Wilson, 2019), a number expected to rise in the coming years. Dual credit programs also help students transition from high school to college more efficiently.

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Instructors Peer Review High School High School 111

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The context is a statewide conversation about higher education standards for Kentucky high school graduates. Basic skills aren’t enough these days for many/most American high school graduates to succeed in postsecondary and/or ‘get a job and take care of themselves.’ “Those kids are held accountable right now.”

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Skills Peer Review Secondary Education English 107

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 24, 2016

John Hattie, Professor of Education at the University of Auckland, spent 15 years synthesizing the vast body of peer-reviewed, meta-analytical research pertaining to student achievement. Study after study, researcher after researcher, finds the same few things about retention: No long-term achievement gains.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

They must be peer-reviewable. And then publishing in peer-review journals, so the rest of the people can see the math. I didn't have the privilege of going to some high school that gave me lots of practice thinking about science and math the way that this institution is expecting me to.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 17, 2017

Last year, Sammy Spencer, a High School English teacher in Southern California, ran a pilot program using Revision Assistant in her school. Here’s her story: Last Fall, my El Camino Real High School colleagues and I set out to change the way we teach writing.

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Testing Essay English Writing 84

Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

Our class, “Banned Books and School Policy,” related to education, of course, but also touched on sociology, political science, history, English literature, religion, and public policy. As an introduction to life after high school, students should be given the opportunity to see why their studies truly matter.

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