eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2025

Aligned with state standards and suitable for grades 1-8, Prodigy adapts to each learner’s skill level, offering targeted practice without the pressure of grades or tests. The platform is well-suited for middle and high school students, especially those interested in project-based learning and critical thinking.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

Minnesota, Florida, and North Carolina are rolling back high school math or English requirements. Florida is actively looking at removing graduation requirements which include passing a 10th grade English Language Arts assessment and a statewide algebra test. Now, they have proposed eliminating an Algebra II requirement.

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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. Traditional tests don’t always capture things like creativity, grit, or collaboration. That number should stop us in our tracks.

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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. When students take part in SkillsUSA competitions, they compete with students in the state based on technical standards created by industry leaders.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

When done correctly, experts say, dual enrollment can be a critical pathway from high school to college, especially as todays high school seniors are less prepared to move to higher education. Some states have eligibility requirements, such as passing a standardized test. What do the community colleges need?

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Billions of dollars and countless reforms have gone toward efforts to raise test scores and close achievement gaps. And yet, across the board, progress has been modest and inconsistent.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

I asked my students, “Do you understand why you learn what you learn in school?” Some said yes, or gave textbook answers such as, “So we can be successful in high school,” or “to grow our brains.” Some students opted for a good old-fashioned test. But many, when pushed, said no.

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GovTech

JUNE 10, 2025

When the new Compton High School opens this fall, high-tech classrooms will function much like college lecture halls, with students reading, taking tests, completing work and even many projects online.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2025

The top 10 chat topics were the same across all ages, grades and geographic locations, according to data from more than 250,000 messages exchanged with middle and high school students spanning 19 states.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 22, 2025

Environmental Science Curriculum – Full Year of Lesson Plans, Labs, and Tests By Suburban Science Grades: 10th-11th Standards: NGSS HS-ESS2-5, 2-3, 2-4 This comprehensive course is interactive, hands-on, and student-centered. Over 1,500 pages include 25 units covering trees, space, magnets, ramps, habitats, and the scientific method.

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Edsurge

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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Edsurge

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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Southwest Washington Education

JULY 12, 2025

By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square Washington state ranks highest in the nation for adjusted pay among elementary, middle and high school teachers, according to USAFacts, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the […]

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2025

CCL helps students understand that they have valuable contributions to make, both in school and beyond, which often leads to students taking ownership of their educational journeys. Students are no longer just attending school to pass tests–they are actively seeking knowledge and skills to help them achieve their dreams.

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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.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

Alena Zachery-Ross Superintendent, Ypsilanti Community Schools, Michigan EdSurge: Can you share your schools new designation and how it will have an impact on students and educators? We began with a pilot program to test AI tools in targeted areas before expanding to broader use. 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. The 2021 class of high school graduates saw the percentage of low-performing math students tick up even more, to 22%.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2025

That decision paid off: In two years, from 2021 to 2023, tests showed third graders reading at grade level jumped from 9 percent to 31 percent, and those achieving math proficiency went from just 5 percent to 27 percent. Dominguez called the results remarkable. We had support from universities. We have support from the community.

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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. I uploaded we did a a recent Delac report on remote testing, so it’s just the idea that online students, students and online schools have to test in a face to face environment. Let me give you an example.

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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.

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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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Edsurge

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

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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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

The 12 students whose families are party to the lawsuit range in age from pre-kindergarten to high school and attend DoDEA schools in Quantico, Virginia; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Aviano, Italy; and Misawa, Japan. Even yearbooks at DoDEA schools have been scrutinized for references to gender ideology, the complaint states.

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k12

JUNE 24, 2025

12th grade student and SAC intern SAC Blog Series: Each year, the K12 Marketing Department hires a cohort of high school interns known as the Student Advisory Council or SAC. How do your teachers support you at online school? Sometimes more if there’s a test coming up. Have you met friends through online school?

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2025

Preparing them for this reality requires educators to focus on more than just meeting academic benchmarks or prepping for the next standardized test. As industries transform at warp speed, accelerated by AI, automation, and other technological advancements, many of todays students will enter careers that dont yet exist.

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Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 30, 2025

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. Indeed, the research finds just the opposite: every human ever tested thinks more clearly while their body is in motion.

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k12

JULY 24, 2025

These records might be necessary for a child to return to public school, get their high school diploma, or apply to colleges. Is online school the same as homeschooling? Still, many states require homeschooled children to take standardized tests to receive their diplomas.

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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

MAY 15, 2025

In three of the districts four middle schools, the percentage of students meeting grade-level expectations on Tennessees standardized math test, including among economically disadvantaged students, rose in 2024 above pre-pandemic levels. Amid a grim landscape nationwide for middle school math, Tennessee fared better than most states.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

“I would be very surprised if Maine schools don’t end up getting their Title I money, but at the same time I think these are fights the administration is happy to have,” said Michael Petrilli of the center-right Thomas B. Immigration raids are driving scared parents to keep their children home from school. Fordham Institute.

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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. These capabilities represent uniquely human traits that AI cannot replicate.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Without curiosity, educators are left with no alternative but manipulation through a system of punishments and rewards which are still not guarantees of learning, but rather of successful test taking. intuitively know what the schools do for them. They school them to confuse process and substance. Many students.

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k12

JUNE 10, 2025

SAC Blog Series: Each year, the K12 Marketing Department hires a cohort of high school interns known as the Student Advisory Council or SAC. Psychology is a dual credit course where I’m earning high school and college credit at the same time. My Future What do you want to do after high school?

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2017

To date, some states have developed standards for teaching financial literacy, but where do schools turn for resources to implement those standards and who do they turn to for advice on what aspects of money management they should teach and when? 22 states (+DC) require a high school class be offered. scored below the OECD mean.

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