eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

After showing one of his classic street interview segments—where he asks everyday people basic science questions that many fumble to answer—he surprised the audience by pushing back against their laughter. Billions of dollars and countless reforms have gone toward efforts to raise test scores and close achievement gaps.

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JUNE 18, 2025

Therein lies a paradox I have struggled with in my career: How can I continue to teach students that questioning authority is not only okay, but sometimes necessary, while maintaining a position of authority myself? Martin began explaining a concept to the class when I raised my hand and questioned, “Why do we have to learn this?

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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 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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JUNE 27, 2025

She began by designing a web-based grammar program before joining the team that created the Stanford Online High School. At Stanford] we got a grant to start an online high school. By corporations who do very little testing to see whether or not those products are safe or effective for children.

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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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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Keep a copy of your teaching philosophy nearby 8th Grade ELA teacher Essentials You Didn’t Know You Needed Seamlessly transition 8th grade ELA students to high school 1. For students who are testing below grade level, incorporate the CCSS for language arts that are closer to their actual abilities. 2, 3, 4, 5, RL.7.1,

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

So when they graduate from high school, they’re well on their way to an associates degree. And I think there’s no question that when you think. What creates a successful school and district? So that’s one version of the answer to your question. And I mean that in a very value free way.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

She became one of the first Turnitin users at the large community college north of Los Angeles, testing out the software before campuswide adoption. The rise of Turnitin In 2004 Wendy Brill-Wynkoop, a photography professor at College of the Canyons, chaired her campus’s technology committee. I trust you. I trust that your work is your own.”

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APRIL 30, 2025

Schools across the country are racing to integrate artificial intelligence into classrooms, but the real challenge isnt just adopting the technology its making sure it works for all students. As districts explore AIs potential, they must also confront critical questions about equity, algorithmic bias and access. Start small.

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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. Some questioned whether they even belonged on a college campus, said UC Riverside Dean of Students Christine Mata.

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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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APRIL 24, 2025

Additionally, the order calls for creating registered apprenticeships related to AI, establishing a Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge for students, and enabling high school students to take courses in artificial intelligence, including through dual enrollment at colleges.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2025

On a recent Thursday morning, Michael Taubman asked his class of seniors at North Star Academys Washington Park High School: What do you think AIs role should be in your future career? What are you using AI for in your school/classroom? This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

NSF has long been a primary funder of this work, and one of the few institutions that helps researchers not only test new ideas in the classroom, but figure out what worked and why–which is key to replicating a successful program. Families also got to put their building skills to the test.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

But most people acquire most of their knowledge outside school, and in school only insofar as school, in a few rich counties, has come their place of confinement during an increasing part of their lives.” Sadly, most of what we do in standard school is offer answers to questions that no child has ever asked.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

They dissected the questions she asked during the lesson, looked at how much time she took to work through problems and analyzed how shed moved around the room. Instead of throwing out questions to the whole class, now Gallimore more often calls on individuals. One portion of that exam requires students to work without calculators.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

Developing a problem-solver mindset–proactively creating solutions, testing new approaches, and anticipating future needs–gives people a lasting advantage as traditional skills and career pathways erode. While GenAI churns out answers, we must raise a generation that knows which questions to ask and which solutions to build.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

Rodrequez, who leads the 4,000-student district south of Kansas City, Missouri, has never before been asked so many questions by so many people in his community about federal education policy. Some conservatives question the expansion of federal power. That hit home for Deborah Schmidt, a high school teacher in St.

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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

OCTOBER 12, 2017

There are no worksheets, tests, or structure to provide evidence of learning or templates for teaching. More specifically, they do not establish a curriculum for their children, do not require their children to do particular assignments for the purpose of education, and do not test their children to measure progress.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2016

I enjoyed science in elementary and middle school. However, in high school, my science classes were primarily comprised of lectures and worksheets. I merely memorized facts in order to do well on tests. Next, we talk about students’ findings and how they relate to the initial question about tire pressure.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Across the country, many schools and universities have had to shut down physical campuses and have rushed to roll out online learning. Now, educators are stitching together online offerings on the fly and rolling them out across entire schools and universities. Related content: Why college test prep is like triathlon training.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A growing number of high school students are looking for opportunities to do academic research, hoping to add ‘published author’ to their list of achievements when they apply to colleges. But experts say that the trend of high school research, while well-intentioned, has plenty of pitfalls. They may be playing sports.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2025

Here are five examples of how AI can be used effectively in high school science classes: 1. Teachers can assign different scenarios, allowing students to test hypotheses and analyze their results, promoting inquiry-based learning. Do you support student use of AI in school and/or for assignments?

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

This year, the College Board, having learned from those experiences, is announcing more changes in an effort to provide “unprecedented flexibility” in the age of pandemic-era testing, says Trevor Packer, a senior vice president at the nonprofit who leads the AP program. So then the question became how to pull that off.

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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. By design, CTE programs consider questions that are relevant to this gap. Do students know how to think of their feet?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 30, 2024

8 Crucial Steps for University Admission Success for High School Students Applying for university is a significant milestone for high school students. Here are eight crucial steps to help high school students navigate the university admission process effectively. GPA, check out colleges that accept a 3.5

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APRIL 15, 2020

The College Board says it is preparing to offer digital versions of the SAT test in students’ homes later this year, “in the unlikely event” that schools remain closed through the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We But offering a digital SAT to students from their homes raises the tough question of how to prevent cheating.

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Students across the country take AP exams in hopes of earning high exam scores that help them opt out of college prerequisites and ultimately save money on tuition. Unfortunately, as many as 40 percent of students who take AP exams will earn a 1 or a 2 on those tests, which will not help them test out and earn those coveted college credits.

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MAY 14, 2020

And the only recourse is that you get to retake the test, with different questions, a month later. Mita’s daughter was taking the AP Calculus BC test in the new online format, which the College Board first announced on March 20. They would repeat these steps for the second question. Test and Make Up?

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 3, 2020

Spring is testing season. Students sit through lengthy state-mandated tests, and many high school students are preparing to take the SAT. The newest version of the SAT does not have the same emphasis on vocabulary as previous versions of the test. It can be an exhausting and stressful time for them.

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JUNE 24, 2021

Who gets to go to the best public high school in the country? That has been a contentious question for a community just outside of Washington, D.C., after school officials made changes to the admissions process for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology last year.

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MAY 25, 2021

Every year, around the country, high school students get their hands dirty with science projects—chemistry labs, robotics, that model of a volcano. But one school just outside of Washington, D.C., And that's just one example of how extraordinary this school is. News and World Report ranking of public high schools.

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