eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2025

Forward-thinking educators in the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools are reimagining what high school looks like, restructuring the workday, moving from grading systems to competency-based systems, and prioritizing personalized learning pathways.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

A nonprofit organization for career and technical education (CTE), SkillsUSA serves more than 413,000 middle school, high school, and college students and instructors nationwide. SkillsUSA competitions give CTE students real-world exposure to in-demand career skills, applied within authentic challenges and scenarios.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks ), a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), is launching PBLWorks TEACH , a web-based application with ready-to-use, standards-aligned, Gold-Standard PBL projects for middle school math, science, English Language Arts, and social studies.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

It plays a role much more akin to a human tutor–prompting curiosity, strengthening problem-solving skills, and helping students learn how to find answers on their own. Suitable for: Middle and high school students who want tailored practice and a bit more support in tough subjects.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2025

NWEA research notes that students can lose up to two months of math skills over the summer, and reading abilities can also decline, particularly for students from underserved communities. With the growing availability of engaging, high-quality online learning tools, students have more opportunities than ever to keep their skills sharp.

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k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

In a 2023 national survey by Hanover Research, only 27% of American high school students said they felt what they were learning was relevant to the real world. This approach aligns with research on how students develop passion, purpose, and essential skills for college success and workplace engagement.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

graduate with a high school diploma compared to 86 percent of their non-autistic peers, and that gap speaks for itself, but we have the tools to close it. These arent just soft skills–they are essential for navigating school and life. Seventy-four percent of autistic students in the U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. 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. When would I ever use this?

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

The only way students can learn these skills in the classroom is if teachers are AI literate themselves. “We We want to prepare 200,000 teachers in two years to model AI life skills for their students,” Culatta said. Because of the program’s success, Meta plans to make it available to all middle and high schools nationwide.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2025

software developer employment has been declining, with fewer employed in January 2024 compared to January 2018, but those with the appropriate skills experience an eye-popping low unemployment rate of 2% and a median salary of $132,270. You’d think High School and college students would flock to these jobs, but they don’t.

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eSchool News

JULY 11, 2025

CurrikiStudio Subject areas: All subjects Best for: Interactive learning content creation CurrikiStudio is a free, open-source platform that allows teachers to design interactive learning experiences without needing coding skills. Educators can create multimedia lessons, games, and assessments tailored to their curriculum.

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

Mark Bannecker, an English teacher at North High School in Missouri, is building AI-powered learning modules that guide students through skill-building exercises. With a module-based system, the AI could serve as mentor and coach while I work with individual students on soft skills that the AI isn’t good at.”

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

The key to engaging reluctant high schoolers is to get them more interested in their own learning. Use these classroom strategies for reluctant learners in high school to build relationships, stoke curiosity, and build a learning team that focuses on student success. This foundational knowledge includes study skills.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2025

Middle school: Expanding exploration As students progress to middle school, career exploration should become more structured. For example, kinesthetic learners might excel in hands-on professions like carpentry or welding Many middle school students in the competition chose medical careers. Success is not limited to one path.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

That means students this year did not need to achieve the same mastery of knowledge and skills as kids in previous years. Minnesota, Florida, and North Carolina are rolling back high school math or English requirements. As much as it might reveal painful truths, we must accurately measure our students if we want them to succeed.

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k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

In a 2023 national survey by Hanover Research, only 27% of American high school students said they felt what they were learning was relevant to the real world. This approach aligns with research on how students develop passion, purpose, and essential skills for college success and workplace engagement.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

Chris Gethard, a veteran comedian and improv teacher, posed this question to a group of high school students in Northern California at a Laughing Together workshop he was leading. Markus Alcantar, a senior and a peer counselor at Lincoln High School, said his favorite exercise of the workshop was one in which he got to become an apple.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Jay McTighe, Author and Consultant, McTighe and Associates (Columbia, MD) Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD (Paris, France) ISTE Distinguished District Award This award honors school districts that demonstrate effectiveness and innovation in using technology to improve student outcomes and engagement.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

These essential, durable skills are at the heart of frameworks like ISTE’s Standards for Students and the Partnership for 21st Century Learning’s framework , which emphasize what students need to thrive in school and beyond. Future-Ready Skills: Participants gain experience in public speaking and digital design.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

For teenagers, high school is a critical time of development both academically and socially. As more families explore options like online high school in Washington state , it’s worth considering whether virtual schooling supports or hinders a teenager’s growth. school day doesn’t always work for everyone.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

While Gemini is providing our employees with access to generative AI, Gemini for teens will provide our high school students with the focused support of AI in a safer environment with appropriate safeguards, said superintendent Dr. Jose L. Albuquerque Public Schools is focusing on grant writing and lesson planning.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 18, 2025

This isn’t just a checklist: It’s your blueprint of essentials for a high school math classroom that supports every learner and highlights your unique teaching style. Stocked with a few extra essentials for a high school math classroom, it’s a small way to set students up for success and eliminate pauses.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

The Alliant Credit Union Foundation has awarded a$108,000grant to Digital Leaders Now, the nonprofit that powers the Digital Leaders Academy at Ridgewood Community High School District 234, to support the implementation of innovative digital opportunity programs.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Despite this groundswell, too many educators are still entering classrooms without the skills and knowledge they need to teach reading. However, these methods arent enough to help students develop the core skills they need to become proficient readers. What do teacher educators need?

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

The district emphasizes balancing AI tools with essential human skills like empathy and collaboration. Meanwhile, ClassDojo is expanding district-level features in 2026, including middle/high school messaging and automated attendance alerts to enhance school-family engagement.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2025

Fortunately, a wide range of high-quality digital tools can help K-12 learners stay curious and build STEM skills throughout the summer months. Brilliant.org Brilliant.org is ideal for middle and high school students who want to deepen their understanding of STEM through problem-solving.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2025

A large part of setting students up for success involves connecting them with career training and experiences that allow them to explore their skills and interests. Bringing this learning to students offers a unique and individualized experience that equips students with skills and a foundational knowledge of different vocational careers.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

From first grade classrooms to high school computer labs, teachers across the state are building confidence in CS instruction and finding meaningful ways to connect it to their everyday teaching. Yet the seamless functioning of these tasks relies on a skilled computer science workforce.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

. $65,000 from Morgan Stanley , in support of Achieve Miamis financial literacy and career readiness programs, which equip students in the organizations Achieve Scholars program with essential money management skills for financial independence and future success.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Not only do these courses offer students a jump-start on credits once they get to college, but they also equip them with skills like time management, critical thinking and study habits that researchers say encourage them to enroll and stay in college. The number of dually enrolled students has boomed in recent years.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

Many children missed crucial language development opportunities during key formative years, as mask-wearing limited their ability to observe mouth movements and naturally acquire speech skills. Simultaneously, we’re identifying more students needing support than ever before.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Addressing Systemic Challenges and Supporting Educator Sustainability Last but not least, educators were not only adamant about the systemic challenges of K-12 education, but also expressed ways schools and districts can work to better support the retention of educators in our schools.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

Introducing ClassVR Xplorer and Xcelerate Avantis will also introduce its most advanced ClassVR headsets to date: ClassVR Xcelerate Developed for high school and post-secondary students, Xcelerate features full spatial movement for highly interactive ‘hands-on’ VR learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Jay McTighe, Author and Consultant, McTighe and Associates (Columbia, MD) Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD (Paris, France) ISTE Distinguished District Award This award honors school districts that demonstrate effectiveness and innovation in using technology to improve student outcomes and engagement.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

One could focus on reviewing skills, another on drill practice, and another on a fun math game. Interactive apps like Prodigy , Moose Math , or The Mystery Math Museum make learning fun while reinforcing key skills. Learning stations are a great way to keep them engaged. Model how each station works before sending students to them.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2025

According to the CDC , 40 percent of high school students report persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, and 20 percent have seriously considered suicide. These challenges arent limited to adolescents–10 percent of children ages 3 to 17 have been diagnosed with a mental or behavioral health condition.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

They’ll memorize elaborate lore, master mechanics, mimic skills, and explain them to others—all without being assigned a single worksheet. The problem is that school content often lacks any social payoff. Or modding computers. Kids teach themselves astonishingly complex things through trial, error, iteration, and YouTube.

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