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A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry

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In a corner of Huffman High School, the sounds of popping nail guns and whirring table saws fill the architecture and construction classroom. Alabama state law previously required students to take at least four years each of English, math, science and social studies to graduate from high school.

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Meet the maker: High school student develops robot guide dogs

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High school student Selin Alara Ornek is looking ahead–using machine learning and the NVIDIA Jetson platform for edge AI and robotics to create robot guide dogs for the visually impaired. This story originally appeared on NVIDIA’s blog and is reposted here with permission.

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High school students say AI will change the workforce

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As a result, 28 percent of the students said workers will need to acquire new skills to thrive in the new AI workplace, and more than two thirds are looking to their schools to help position them for future success. The survey polled 825 11th and 12th grade students from across the U.S.

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Maybe it’s time to change up high school to improve student attendance 

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students who wouldn’t see college as the automatic next step after high school. students who wouldn’t see college as the automatic next step after high school. This insight sparked a year-long project to redesign our high school model.

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Crafting environments where students with autism thrive

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Awareness alone isnt enough–what students on the spectrum benefit from environments where their needs are understood, respected, and supported with purpose. Seventy-four percent of autistic students in the U.S. Seventy-four percent of autistic students in the U.S. Heres how that looks in practice.

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UO professor equips Oregon middle, high school students with virtual career counselor

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Sassy–short for Sasquatch, the mythical creature thought to roam Northwest forests–joins the collection of other AI technologies developed by the Journalistic Learning Initiative , a nonprofit organization co-founded by Madison thats committed to empowering students and teachers with educational programs and resources.

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3 tips to combat chronic absenteeism in high schools

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Key points: Light-touch, low-cost interventions focused on attendance can pay dividends Student success is impacted by issues outside of school, survey finds How bullying contributes to K-12 student absenteeism For more news on student success, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub One surefire way to support student success?