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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. Sometimes, I need to focus longer on my college classes, so I have to wait to work on a high school assignment until the next week. By: Madison B.,

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

I do think that there are things that teachers stay away from because they are afraid that it will get them into some sort of trouble and one of the things is current events, says Samantha Futrell, a middle school social studies teacher in Richmond, Virginia. Textbooks clearly are diminishing in influence, the AHA report states.

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

” Moderated by Gabe Soumakian, the former superintendent of Oxnard Union High School District in California, the panelists spoke at length about their challenges, solutions, and the spirit of collaboration. Soumakian: Are you working with open educational resources? What are some of the challenges there?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Work-based learning partnerships are not just an add-on to the high school experience; they’re a transformative element that can lead to remarkable success. Consider the case of Sarah, an EHS student who spent part of her school day working at an advanced manufacturing organization.

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2020

Leading school science supplier Carolina Biological Supply Company introduced a new product line to help high schools provide high-quality, hands-on science instruction during COVID-19 disruptions. Both programs have correlations to major textbooks.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

For decades, the common morning routine for most high school students included hitting the snooze button, running down the street to avoid missing the bus and putting belongings in your locker before homeroom. At Dover Area High School, a third of that equation appears to be on its way out.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It is the perfect complement to the four other titles we have developed for Texas high school science programs (including AP and IB). Biology for Texas has been specifically written for the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Science (High School Biology).

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

Among contemporary education critics, the textbook is a classic and perennial foil—perhaps because its very construction is essentially a compromise between experts and politicians, groups with sometimes competing agendas. Yet despite these limitations, textbooks are still the most popular way to teach and learn history.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

The traditional textbook and workbook combination, complete with a #2 pencil. When it comes to middle schools and high schools, the average classroom looks more like a typical startup office than the traditional classroom of the past. Other tools going the way of the overhead projector?

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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. The system provides explanations and visualizations, helping students grasp abstract concepts more effectively than static textbook diagrams. Do you support student use of AI in school and/or for assignments?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2023

In this article, discover how high school education is shifting towards personalized learning. The Future of High School Education: Navigating the Shift to Personalized Learning High school – a time of excitement, curiosity, exploration and growth. Thank goodness for technology! Read more for more benefits.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Millie González and her colleagues aren’t here to argue about whether open educational resources are on par with traditional textbooks?she culturally relevant textbooks? Usually when you hear any discussion about free textbooks, it really talks about just the cost, and what we’re saying is, it goes way beyond that.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Naper Elementary School students could be the envy of their peers when it comes to a labyrinth for testing their robotic skills. Most of the suggestions called on teachers to tape off a section of the floor or create mazes using blocks, textbooks or other classroom objects. “This is really amazing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2024

High School students will soon move into college and career where digital tools are de rigeur. Here are twelve recommended by the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 12 Innovative Digital Tools to Engage High School Students In the ever-evolving landscape of education, keeping students engaged can be a challenge.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Perched in lime green desk chairs, dozens of employees of OpenStax work here to transform physics, calculus and psychology materials into digital textbooks that students can study at no cost. First, OpenStax came for textbooks. OpenStax textbooks are display in a room named for the author of one the nonprofit's economics books. /

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2016

Federal efforts would expand college access, opportunity to high schoolers. The costs of college textbooks and fees, as well as being responsible for their own transportation, proved too much for some students in Career and College Promise, a dual-enrollment program at Guilford Technical Community College.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

When I came here two years ago, we had a 60 percent high school graduation rate. There are five magnet schools in the elementary levels—a school for arts, aerospace and engineering, medical science, international studies, and technology. At my first board meeting, I said that we have to take back all these textbooks.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2025

As a career and technical education (CTE) instructor, I see firsthand how career-focused education provides students with the tools to transition smoothly from high school to college and careers. Ive seen firsthand how CTE benefits students by offering dual enrollment programs, work-based learning, and industry partnerships.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Key points: Interactive technologies can engage students in real-world problems Meet the maker: High school student develops robot guide dogs How to use PBL with makerspaces across your curriculum For more on makerspaces, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub The era of COVID-19 brought about the largest boom in school makerspaces seen to date.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2021

Batavia, Illinois, June 14, 2021 — Flinn Scientific, a flagship provider of science lab materials and safety and STEM solutions for the K-16 education market, is enhancing its award-winning Science2Go to further support high school biology, chemistry, environmental science, and physics teaching and learning. More about Science2Go.

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eSchool News

JULY 18, 2022

Prior to the COVID pandemic, technology integration in my high school math classroom was mainly used in two ways: discovery-based activities and homework assignments. Finding applicable resources for discovery-based learning that would fit into existing lesson plans was not always easy.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Key points: Interactive technologies can engage students in real-world problems Meet the maker: High school student develops robot guide dogs How to use PBL with makerspaces across your curriculum For more on makerspaces, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub The era of COVID-19 brought about the largest boom in school makerspaces seen to date.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

“TeachTap is a game-changer for students preparing for AP exams and studying high school courses. Pearson Edgington, a high school senior who piloted TeachTap, shared his experience: “TeachTap made studying for my AP exams actually fun and interesting. Chief Product Officer Phil Hewinson.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2019

According to a 2016 study by LendEDU , more than half of 18- to 24-year-olds wish they’d taken a personal finance course in high school. As the business education teacher at Niles North High School (NNHS) in Illinois, I’m passionate about ensuring that every child has access to an equitable and effective financial education curriculum.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2019

Doing so allows educators and schools to give students the best education possible in high school—an education that will set them on a path to success in college and career. The session was offered as part of a grant that Atlantis Charter School in Fall River, Mass.,

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

By simply sharing a link to a textbook or by uploading a PDF, the AI then auto-creates well-designed slides that teachers tweak to use for sleek lesson presentations. Schools must support teachers as humans; AI can help them reduce preparation time and act as an instruction supplement. “We’re That’s over ten hours a week.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2019

At Marlboro Township (NJ) Public Schools, a K-8 district, we are doing several things to ensure that our students are on a path to college and career readiness before they move on to high school. Here are four strategies that we believe are essential to any college and career readiness initiative.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Nonprofit VHS Learning is partnering with Continental Han Feng Network Technology (CHF) to develop a full Chinese language high school program. We know there is a huge demand for Chinese language instruction, but not all high schools have the staff or resources to offer these courses.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2018

As a geography teacher at Monrovia High School in California, I’m interested in finding ways to prepare students for the 21st century while teaching them about the complexities of the world around us. In the midst of the ed-tech revolution, teachers are need to make informed decisions about what brings value to the classroom.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2018

How can schools and districts prepare students for college and careers in STEM? Is it by asking them to passively read a textbook or listen to a teacher lecture? In Harmony Public Schools in Texas, we want students to become active learners, problem solvers, and STEM advocates. Student projects are vital to the STEM SOS model.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2023

Supplemental learning : Some demographics don’t reach the “end of the textbook” for various reasons – behavior issues in classroom, funding, teacher availability, etc. If you aren’t there, you can’t learn what you need to learn and build on previous knowledge. Each time a student shows up, they earn points.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

In Enlarged City School District of Middletown (N.Y.), where 75 percent of students are low-income, high school students can take college-level courses through a partnership with Syracuse University. Vancouver Public Schools (Wash.) By high school, many students are developing their own apps.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The latest addition to Discovery Education’s award-winning line of digital textbooks, Math Techbook aims to transform the way students and teachers experience math through engaging instructional strategies and real-world problems that motivate and excite students with diverse learning styles.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

“At Ysleta ISD, we are in constant pursuit of opportunities to expand learning and instill confidence in our students so they can succeed at any level,” said Richard Couder, Director of High School Academics, Ysleta Independent School District. high school students take college courses.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The deal provides 83 elementary schools and 17 high schools with access to IXL’s award-winning program to supplement instruction in math and English language arts. Austin ISD is the fifth-largest school district in Texas and serves a diverse student body.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Had things gone according to plan, every public school student in Los Angeles would be working on his or her own iPad by now and textbooks would be largely a thing of the past. The Pearson content was used mostly for elementary math instruction; those teachers already were familiar with Pearson math textbooks at those grade levels.

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