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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. And in 2020, 83.7

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JULY 17, 2024

In response to the challenges of COVID, a dissatisfaction with local in-person schools, and increasingly diverse needs of the high school student population, enrollment in US virtual schools is now over 300,000 with about 20% of students taking at least one online course. There are pros and cons of attending class via computer.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

Throughout rural America, non-native English speakers are less likely than their urban peers to get proper support in school, sometimes leading to a lifetime of lower educational attainment. But some rural schools are developing multilingual education strategies to rival those found in urban and suburban districts. Today it sits at 9.5

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

More than a quarter of students were “chronically absent,” meaning they had missed 10 percent of classes or more, during the 2021-2022 school year. And a bipartisan coalition quickly agreed that reducing absenteeism by half should be the “top priority” for American schools. Using data from the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As attendees from various languages that Ohio schools shared their experiences, we vented about how often we had to stand up to colleagues to prevent them from pulling students out of our classes and how that devalued our teaching. It wasn't just about them getting a better grade or future job prospects, though that's certainly a big part.

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MAY 20, 2024

When Mysa School started about eight years ago, the microschool movement was new. A school with about 40 students in Washington, D.C., and with a second location in Vermont, Mysa stresses mastery-based learning, where students have to show comprehension before advancing. Ultimately, Fiske says, the goal is personalized learning.

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JUNE 4, 2024

June 4th-6th: Buy any K-8 School License get 2 free print books of the grade level you purchased (Please note: new orders only; domestic or freight-forwarders only) Usually, you get one desk copy for each grade level included in your school license. What is a school license? As many as the school wants.

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APRIL 18, 2024

School absenteeism has been one of the small but chronic problems in the past. Since the pandemic, it is so much more, to the point it is a front-of-mind issue that schools scramble to address. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

HOUSTON — On a Saturday morning in August 2023, a crowd gathered outside the Houston Independent School District administration building with protest signs in hand. Teachers, parents and politicians took turns at the microphone, united in their criticism of the controversial state takeover of Texas’ largest school district.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

As a result, I’ve come up with fun ways to support learning while students power through the last few days of school. At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. Post the poll on your class screen, class blog or website, or school blog or website.

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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. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

With school back, let’s talk about the most efficient ways to study. With increasing coursework and extracurricular activities, a structured approach to studying helps manage time effectively, reduces stress, and boosts learning outcomes.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

These policies prioritized standardization and testing, turning schools into spaces of conformity and compliance. While I envisioned teaching that challenged students to question and connect their learning to larger social issues, the expectations placed on me as an educator were quite different.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

million English learners in public schools, you’d know the opening line explains that recent data has something interesting to reveal about the U.S.’s While not all emergent bilinguals — as they’re also called — are immigrants, some districts may offer programs or schools for students who are new to the country. s bilingual students.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Even while schools are stuck dealing with deep challenges, COVID-19 pandemic relief funding is running its course. For some teachers and school leaders, it can feel like an onslaught. For the past couple of years, unrelenting change has come fast. Meanwhile, new technologies seem to flow out in an unstoppable stream.

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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. The students in our academy are motivated, passionate and dedicated to learning more about the field they are interested in.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

YouTube Video – Premiere Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Show Notes In today's episode, Vicki Davis speaks about school safety and building positive relationships with students. Frank shares his personal journey, his faith, and his promise to rebuild the community. Read more here.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

As High School students explore post-graduation options, more and more are looking at careers as creators. Dive into the world of photo editing with our comprehensive guide tailored for high school students. Combining automation and manual editing streamlines the learning process, making it more approachable for beginners.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

I stayed in this role for only three years before going back to school to teach, but my short stint in the corporate world carried me to the classroom with a perspective that allowed me to see all the ways teaching is treated as a calling rather than a career, and how that impacts school teachers.

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JUNE 26, 2024

While summer is the busiest time of year for military families to transition to their next duty station, throughout the school year, they move from state to state, and sometimes even across the world.

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JUNE 11, 2024

Last year, when Jayla Arensberg was a sophomore at Burnsville High School near St. Paul, Minnesota, a teacher showed her a flier saying that a program at the school could save her $25,000 on college. “I It’s a stark example of how the line between high school and college is blurring for more students. I like that.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we dive into essential qualities of effective school leadership. From building relationships to tackling teacher burnout, our guest principals and educational experts share their strategies for creating positive, high-impact school environments.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

I know he can learn and do the math, but his struggles with attention and staying focused, along with the structure of school, make it really hard for him and others who share his challenges to find the success they deserve. Trapped between the schedule of the day and his own brain, he was going to fail.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Many people think of school nurses as the people in a school building responsible for patching up a scraped knee, confirming a fever and checking students for lice. It’s that those tasks are only a very small part of what Eva Stone views as a significant role within a school. The school often can step in and help. “We

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MAY 9, 2024

“If workload is already the burden on teachers, I think schools will have to get creative,” Merriman says, “and hopefully the teachers themselves can help with the innovation of how to focus on well-being without it becoming yet another burdensome activity that they've got to check the box on.” How do we define it?

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MAY 31, 2024

It’s graduation time for High School seniors, that moment when they take over their own bills, budgets, and balancing income with outcomes. The following seven tips by Harley Wade from State of Writing will help high school students learn how to budget properly. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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JULY 19, 2024

His ambitions to learn were thwarted because his teacher had assigned handouts and a three-week-long lesson plan that relied on a website that wasn’t easy for him to navigate. They have to learn just like other students, but they can also have to deal with assignments they can’t access and other digital hurdles. In April, the U.S.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

For years educators have been trying to glean lessons about learners and the learning process from the data traces that students leave with every click in a digital textbook , learning management system or other online learning tool. Its an approach known as learning analytics.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Public Schools report covering the 2021-22 academic year. It uses survey responses from principals of nearly 2,700 P-12 schools to take the pulse of myriad issues that affect students and how schools operate. million of emergency school funds were spent on mental health support for students and staff. Gilmore says.

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APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them? This technology will transform education by personalizing learning and meeting various student demands.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

Of the nearly 10,000 students enrolled at Brookdale Community College in central New Jersey, about 17 percent are still in high school. Some of them travel to the campus during the school day to take courses in introductory English, history, psychology and sociology.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Only six weeks had passed since the start of this school year, and I was already feeling exhausted. Even though I wasn’t providing direct instruction and students weren't working to achieve that day’s content objective, I felt like I was watching learning happen all around me. Part of learning is acquiring knowledge through experience.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

When the New York City Public Schools chancellor, David Banks, caused the largest district in the country to change how it taught students to read last year, it was with a sense of alarm. The Reform Merry-Go-Round Fad is the wrong word, says Larry Cuban, an emeritus professor at Stanford University who writes a blog about school reforms.

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MAY 2, 2024

Balloon archways surrounded the stage as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Alberto Carvalho, last month announced what he hailed as a pioneering use of artificial intelligence in education. It is an enhancement.

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JUNE 28, 2024

A couple of years ago, as schools that had been forced to go virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic began to bring students back on campus, Pedro Olvera noticed that his phone started ringing more. Adding a language barrier between a child and school psychologist makes the evaluation more complex, Olvera says. Olvera says.

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JUNE 10, 2024

At the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) , one of the largest and most diverse school districts in the United States, we constantly plan new educational programs, prioritizing equitable access and ensuring students graduate prepared for success in college, career and life. Read the other articles here and here.

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JUNE 25, 2024

The movement to keep smartphones out of schools is gaining momentum. Just last week, the nation’s second-largest public school system, Los Angeles Unified School District, voted to ban smartphones starting in January, citing adverse health risks of social media for kids. We don't let kids smoke in school,” he points out.

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