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.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

If I'm reading a story to them, I also teach about parts of a book by way of creating citations, because when they go to high school and college, they're going to have to create a research paper that requires citations. So research skills, those foundational skills, are a part of it, and that involves parts of a book.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

Heather Messer , a teacher and advisor at a Wisconsin school where competency-based learning is a school-wide practice. Beth Blankenship , an English teacher who has figured out how to use competency-based learning at her Virginia high school, a school that still uses traditional grading.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, is all done with shushing. Photo: Kelsey Aske.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

But the high school freshman at the Old Rochester Regional High School in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, near Cape Cod, has recently leaned in to her little-explored Irish heritage. In a school that is more than 90 percent white, her genealogy course offers a rare opportunity to talk about diversity.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Our first-year programs examine fundamental human questions; promote collaborative learning; and develop reading, writing, speaking and research skills. High school is over: it’s time to get serious about discovering her own way. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Robert Thacker is Charles A.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2023

Recognizing the benefits of and need for cultivating research skills pre-college, the College Board introduced the AP Research program in 2014. In the years since, the number of participating students has risen from 5,000 to 50,000 , and over 3,000 schools now offer this course. While I was getting my Ph.D.

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