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OPINION: Students need more educational choices after high school

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

However, researchers at Georgetown University project that by 2031, 72 percent of jobs will require some type of education or training after high school. Dual-enrollment programs are helping improve students’ career readiness by exposing them to college-level courses while still in high school.

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Should College Become Part of High School?

ED Surge

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.

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How 3 Districts Are Reimagining High School and the Future of Work

Digital Promise

MAY 31, 2024

Three innovative school districts are reimagining the high school experience to better prepare students for college and career.

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A Fifth of Students at Community College Are Still in High School

ED Surge

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. That push is evident at Brookdale.

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Should High School Students Do Academic Research?

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A growing number of high school students are looking for opportunities to do academic research, hoping to add ‘published author’ to their list of achievements when they apply to colleges. But experts say that the trend of high school research, while well-intentioned, has plenty of pitfalls. They may be playing sports.

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Many kids can’t read, even in high school. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman instructs students on atoms, matter and, she says, how they “influence the world around us.” But very few schools currently integrate effective literacy practices into content classes, according to experts on reading.

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What All High Schools Can Draw From Career and Technical Education Programs

ED Surge

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. To close the skills gap, there are a number of practices, strategies and ideas that any high school can draw from the CTE model.

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PROOF POINTS: Nearly six out of 10 middle and high school grades are wrong, study finds

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

If we graded schools on how accurately they grade students, they’d fail. Nearly six out of 10 course grades are inaccurate, according to a new study of grades that teachers gave to 22,000 middle and high school students in 2022 and 2023. Sign up for Proof Points and other Hechinger newsletters.

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PROOF POINTS: Many high school math teachers cobble together their own instructional materials from the internet and elsewhere, a survey finds

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

More than 75 percent of elementary school math teachers said they used their school’s recommended materials, but fewer than 50 percent of high school math teachers said they did. One high school teacher in Louisiana who participated in the survey said his students needed a more advanced curriculum.

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Addressing Gaps in Practice with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

After visiting high school classrooms most of the day, I then debriefed with the leadership team. During a recent coaching visit a modeled how this could be done. Questions were used to calibrate and flesh out growth opportunities.

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Dual enrollment has exploded. But it’s hard to tell if it’s helping more kids get a college degree

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Share of new college students in the fall of 2015 who were still in high school and taking a dual enrollment class. Map reprinted from The Postsecondary Outcomes of High School Dual Enrollment Students A National and State-by-State Analysis (October 2024) Community College Research Center. Dual enrollment is exploding.

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For My Daughters, For My Students: Valencia Abbott’s All-In

NCHE

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Neither of Valencia’s parents graduated from high school, but Valencia’s mother ensured all her kids would get that diploma. Valencia passed that drive for education on to her daughters. “It It started with my daughters, but why should I treat my students any differently than how I treat my daughters?

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Kid-Centric Schools: When There's a Will There's a Way

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 27, 2019

When I wrote Uncommon Learning back in 2015, the premise was to set the stage as to how we could create schools that work for kids. A good deal of the strategies presented came from what we successfully implemented at New Milford High School where I was the former principal. Then, changes were made.

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One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2025

It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Eighth grade, they’re just in full-on puberty, hormones, said Zach Loy, another math teacher at the high school, an hours drive from Minneapolis. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. BRAHAM, Minn.

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TEACHER VOICE: Instead of assuming kids won’t read novels anymore, build a curriculum that showcases books’ worth

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2025

Stephen Chiger is a director of literacy for Uncommon Schools, having served its middle and high schools for 16 years. Danny Murray is in his 11th year at Uncommon Schools, now serving as director of high school English. Stephens favorite novel to teach is The Bluest Eye.

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Ypsilanti Community High School Recognized as HP AI Spotlight School, with New State-of-the-Art Learning Studio

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The post Ypsilanti Community High School Recognized as HP AI Spotlight School, with New State-of-the-Art Learning Studio appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Hundreds of thousands of students are entitled to training and help finding jobs. They don’t get it

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Theres a half-billion-dollar federal program that is supposed to help students with disabilities get into the workforce when they leave high school, but most parents and even some school officials dont know it exists. I just wish we could have gotten help while he was still in high school. But he never got that.

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5 Ways to Create Relevant Cultures of Learning

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2019

To provide more learning opportunities for our students, the Academies @ New Milford High School were launched during my tenure as principal. Think of it as a school within a school. OIive High School in New Jersey has done in this area. Olive Middle School in New Jersey. Be sure to check out what Mt.

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OPINION: Why we need a joint and urgent effort to teach data science and literacy in the U.S.

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Every student needs a chance to practice these vital skills from kindergarten through high school. The opportunity to learn basic data skills should not be reserved for a select group of students. This will also result in better test scores because students will understand the material and be able to apply what they know.

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Writing notes instead of typing pits scholars against each other

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2025

Imagine youre a student in high school or college. She had the high school students watch a recorded lecture. Afterward, they all took the same exam graded by teachers at the school. Class is about to start. You are faced with a notable dilemma: Should you whip out a notebook or a laptop to take notes?

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10 Ways to Grow as a Pedagogical Leader

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

To help you get started, I've compiled ten specific strategies that I used during my tenure as a high school principal and now help other leaders with during coaching cycles. I personally taught a high school biology class during my first few years as an administrator, which is an excellent example of leading by example.

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High-Agency in the Remote and Hybrid Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

I have really been impressed with the choice boards at the high school and how Canvas is being used to set them up. The elementary school has also upped their game as of late. Students in the elementary school get to work at their own pace in various centers.

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These Native tribes are working with schools to boost attendance

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Nationwide, Native students miss school far more frequently than their peers, but not at Watonga High School. Indian Education Director Hollie Youngbear poses for a portrait at Watonga High School on Wednesday, Oct. One helps students with school expenses and promotes conferences for tribal youth.

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Alternative Learning: Supporting Our At-Promise Students

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Innovative Environment and Pedagogy Provision of an effective and supportive learning environment that enables participating at-promise learners to improve their academic performance to attain applicable performance standards and graduate from high school. Curriculum and standards attainment doesn’t equate to real-world preparedness.

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A community college could transform a region — and help itself grow. Will voters buy it?

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2024

ACC already partners with Lockhart ISD on an early college high school that allows students to complete transferable college credit hours while earning a high school diploma, and proponents of annexation highlight the affordable higher education opportunities it would generally provide students in the Lockhart area.

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Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning

TeachThought

APRIL 4, 2024

What The Research Says About The Effect Of Socioeconomic Status In High School And College Baker and Johnston (2010) conducted a study of middle school-aged students with the purpose of examining the impact SES has on performance during standardized testing. The first was peer influence. The second factor was low teacher morale.

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STUDENT VOICE: My generation knows less about civics than my parents’ generation did, yet we need it more than ever

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Many adults, as well as the vast majority of my high school-age peers, don’t seem to understand how government works and as a result don’t trust it. And as I began my freshman year of high school this fall, I joined the O’Connor Institute Ambassadors Online Civics & Debate Club.

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Rethinking Normal

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

One that sticks out goes way back to my pre-school years. Now I can’t remember if my twin brother and I were actually in a year-long program or just a set number of days where high school students worked with us. What I do recollect was the teacher, Mrs. McDonald.

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Reading comprehension loses out in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 10, 2025

Related: Many kids cant read, even in high school. Researchers noticed that teachers were also building students knowledge, especially in science and social studies classes. But this knowledge building was mostly divorced from engaging students in text comprehension. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

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Blending with the Station Rotation Model

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 18, 2021

For me, the journey began back in 2011 when we first introduced the flipped approach at New Milford High School, where I was principal, with resounding success. Blended learning is something that is near and dear to my heart.

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Model What You Expect

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 30, 2022

Worked with a high school principal to create an asynchronous course in Google Classroom on personalized learning. The options included a choice board, playlist, or one-on-one conferencing with me to get feedback on lesson and unit plans. This was a direct follow-up to the model lesson for educators.

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For Girls to Succeed in STEM, Confidence Matters as Much as Competence

ED Surge

OCTOBER 17, 2024

While women are not just outpacing men in degrees — girls are doing better academically and completing high school on time more frequently than boys — the push for parity has been moving at a glacial pace in STEM. About 28 percent of high school girls reported that they avoid classes with low female enrollment.

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Are Students Off-Task in Class on Phones? There's an App for That!

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

The developers spent the next few years spreading Pocket Points to every college in the country as well as high schools. Through their growth, they came to the realization that the problem was even more prevalent at the high school level than college, and these teachers felt the impact more than anyone.

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World History Teachers Blog

MARCH 2, 2025

One of the most interesting parts of the archives is the investigations of significant issues designed for high school students. The archive includes primary sources such as images, cartoons, and documents. Find out what went wrong at Gallipoli or if Britain could have done more for the Jews during WWII.

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Top scholar says evidence for special education inclusion is ‘fundamentally flawed’

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2025

Fuchs and his co-authors reviewed a 1991 analysis of this data, called the National Longitudinal Transition Study , and noted that it initially reported that high school students with disabilities learned more when they learned alongside their general education peers. Fuchs is concentrating on academic outcomes.

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Students Remember Experiences, Rarely Grades

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 8, 2020

Dr. Hynoski used humor and showed compassion in high school chemistry and anatomy. South had us evaluate how we would colonize Mars as 7th graders and then create prototypes of inventions that would help us get there. I struggled to earn a good grade in both classes, but because of the classroom culture he created, I worked hard.

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#EDvice: Practical Strategies in 90 Seconds or Less

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 12, 2022

During a recent coaching visit with Quest Academy Junior High School, l I observed teachers readily implementing strategies that we’d collaborated on over the course of the year. For my first clip, I decided to share some advice on developing choice boards.

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8 Elements of Effective Coaching

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 14, 2021

During one session, Jill Angelucci, an assistant principal from George Rogers Clark High School, shared an extraordinary artifact that resulted from professional learning that had been implemented throughout the year.

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Supporting and Rewarding Teachers with Time

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 23, 2022

I recently coached John Orcutt, the principal of Arlington High School in New York, on creating an asynchronous course on personalized learning in Google Classroom. Scaling professional learning is hard. It is even more challenging during a pandemic. It came out great!

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The Everlasting Influence of a Great Teacher

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 26, 2022

In Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms , the stories of Mrs. Williams (kindergarten), Mr. South (middle school science), and Dr. Hynoski (high school science) were shared.

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A Literate Learner

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 6, 2022

A great deal has changed since I was in school. I vividly remember getting a TANDY laptop from my parents when I graduated high school. It was a considerable upgrade from the Apple IIe that we all shared in the guest room.

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How Are School Smartphone Bans Going?

ED Surge

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Spokane Public Schools issued a new districtwide policy that bans the use of smartphones or smartwatches in classrooms during instructional time. And at least four states — Indiana, Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida — have enacted statewide bans limiting school smartphone access.

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Inclusion and Co-Teaching in the Personalized Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 8, 2023

During a recent coaching visit as part of ongoing work with Quest Academy Junior High School, I witnessed a co-taught experience that was implemented exceptionally well. The key considerations are for the adults to use available data and evidence to meet the needs of all learners, with a particular focus on those who are classified.

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Why Soft Skills Matter More Than Ever

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As a result, there’s a significant gap between students’ soft skill attainment as they leave high school and what’s needed to be successful in the workforce and as happy contributors to society. Why is Career and Technical Education particularly well-suited for developing soft skills?

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OPINION: Students need more educational choices after high school

Should College Become Part of High School?

Trending Sources

How 3 Districts Are Reimagining High School and the Future of Work

A Fifth of Students at Community College Are Still in High School

Should High School Students Do Academic Research?

Many kids can’t read, even in high school. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

What All High Schools Can Draw From Career and Technical Education Programs

PROOF POINTS: Nearly six out of 10 middle and high school grades are wrong, study finds

PROOF POINTS: Many high school math teachers cobble together their own instructional materials from the internet and elsewhere, a survey finds

Addressing Gaps in Practice with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Dual enrollment has exploded. But it’s hard to tell if it’s helping more kids get a college degree

For My Daughters, For My Students: Valencia Abbott’s All-In

Kid-Centric Schools: When There's a Will There's a Way

One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well

TEACHER VOICE: Instead of assuming kids won’t read novels anymore, build a curriculum that showcases books’ worth

Ypsilanti Community High School Recognized as HP AI Spotlight School, with New State-of-the-Art Learning Studio

Hundreds of thousands of students are entitled to training and help finding jobs. They don’t get it

5 Ways to Create Relevant Cultures of Learning

OPINION: Why we need a joint and urgent effort to teach data science and literacy in the U.S.

Writing notes instead of typing pits scholars against each other

10 Ways to Grow as a Pedagogical Leader

High-Agency in the Remote and Hybrid Classroom

These Native tribes are working with schools to boost attendance

Alternative Learning: Supporting Our At-Promise Students

A community college could transform a region — and help itself grow. Will voters buy it?

Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning

STUDENT VOICE: My generation knows less about civics than my parents’ generation did, yet we need it more than ever

Rethinking Normal

Reading comprehension loses out in the classroom

Blending with the Station Rotation Model

Model What You Expect

For Girls to Succeed in STEM, Confidence Matters as Much as Competence

Are Students Off-Task in Class on Phones? There's an App for That!

Online Archive for WWII

Top scholar says evidence for special education inclusion is ‘fundamentally flawed’

Students Remember Experiences, Rarely Grades

#EDvice: Practical Strategies in 90 Seconds or Less

8 Elements of Effective Coaching

Supporting and Rewarding Teachers with Time

The Everlasting Influence of a Great Teacher

A Literate Learner

How Are School Smartphone Bans Going?

Inclusion and Co-Teaching in the Personalized Classroom

Why Soft Skills Matter More Than Ever

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