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Educational Stages, Higher Education

More High School Students Are Taking College Classes. But Not Everyone Gets the Chance.

August 3, 2022

Via: Ed Surge

Dual-enrollment programs help nearly 1.4 million high school students take college courses each year. It’s an opportunity that offers lots of proven benefits, like enabling more people to graduate from college, saving families money on higher education and helping community […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

Data Science Is No Panacea for High-School Math Education

July 12, 2022

Via: Education Next

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are the fastest-growing fields in terms of both student interest and job opportunities. For example, in California, the number of bachelor’s STEM degrees increased at a rate more than triple that of other degrees between […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

We need to stop teaching high school subjects separately

June 6, 2022

Via: K-12 Dive

We are wasting time — our time and our students’ time. We are running around a hamster wheel giving busy work and complaining when students don’t find it valuable enough to complete. Why do students need to learn poetry in […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

How to ignite the fire of student engagement

May 18, 2022

Via: eSchool News

Recently, a co-worker of mine shared a story from when he was in high school. During one chemistry class his teacher happened to light a small fire within a dish and began stirring in different compounds. First the fire turned […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

ACT study finds grade inflation in high school GPAs over the past decade

May 16, 2022

Via: Higher Ed Dive

Based on its findings, ACT recommends holistic approaches in college admissions that include both high school GPA and a standardized evaluation — such as the standardized tests provided by ACT and its rival, the College Board’s SAT. “What we now […]


Education Tech

STEM careers are among students’ top choices

April 27, 2022

Via: eSchool News

Students’ interests in various career fields had an overwhelming STEM and digital focus, according to a survey from the nonprofit American Student Assistance (ASA). ASA, which aims to change the way middle and high schoolers learn about careers and navigate […]


Continuous Development, Educational Forms

Why self-discovery increases college and career success

February 7, 2022

Via: eSchool News

What do you want to be when you grow up? As we get older, the answer often changes from highly visible and glamorous endeavors, such as being an actor or a rockstar, to something more useful and meaningful to us […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

Why high school students need social emotional learning

February 7, 2022

Via: K-12 Dive

For many high school students, the last 4 years of a PreK-12 education are focused on preparing for graduation and college. However, recent data about what happens when they get there is worrying – 30 percent of college freshmen drop […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

Balancing SEL and classroom basics

January 24, 2022

Via: eSchool News

As we enter our third year impacted by COVID, I predict that it is going to take schools three years to fully recover. After spending a year at home, my high school students are back in the classroom, and I […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Economics

The right priorities? Reactions to Gov. Newsom’s K-12 budget proposal

January 13, 2022

Via: EdSource

The week, Gov. Gavin Newsom built on last year’s record state budget with a 2022-23 spending plan that tops it. Schools from transitional kindergarten to high school and community colleges would receive $102 billion plus $16 billion in a windfall […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

4 ways to use SEL to prepare students for life beyond high school

December 13, 2021

Via: eSchool News

Preparing students for life beyond high school can mean many things. It can mean making sure they have the knowledge and technical skills needed for a specific job. Or helping them achieve the GPA or course requirements needed to get […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

High school counselors navigate SEL, college applications amid youth mental health crisis

December 6, 2021

Via: K-12 Dive

College-bound high school seniors are facing stiffer obstacles during the admissions process this year as they balance a return to in-person learning alongside pandemic-induced mental health challenges. The transition from online classes last year to full-time in-person schooling this fall […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

10 SEL activities for high school students

November 19, 2021

Via: eSchool News

Between balancing core instruction, administering assessments, grading homework, and ensuring students are prepared for college and career, high school teachers have a lot on their plates. SEL activities can make your jobs easier! When students have strong social and emotional […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

A College Scholarship Awarded to High School Juniors

November 18, 2021

Via: Inside Higher Ed

The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans awards $25,000 and $10,000 in college scholarships each year, for a total of more than $20 million a year in such awards. This year, it changed one thing about the scholarships: they will […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Navigating the online college search process

November 8, 2021

Via: Higher Ed Dive

Our smartphones are loaded with icons we ignore and icons that have our undivided attention. The trick to student engagement is to ping the red notification badges on the icons students use most. Are they adamant about clearing away unread […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Driving student success through personalization

October 21, 2021

Via: eCampus News

Many higher education institutions continue to measure success through the lens of what is best for the traditional undergraduate student who enrolled for a face-to-face academic journey right out of high school. In many cases, conventional institutional metrics for success […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

About 375,000 fewer students took the ACT in 2021, average score continues to decline

October 13, 2021

Via: Higher Ed Dive

This is the fourth consecutive year of declines in the composite average score, a trend that predates the health crisis. Few students are what the testing provider deems college ready, the ACT’s report also shows. “As a country, we ignore […]


Continuous Development, Educational Forms

3 ways expanding early college curriculum benefits high-schoolers

October 6, 2021

Via: K-12 Dive

High-schoolers can earn far more than college credit through an apprenticeship with the Cherry Creek School District in Colorado — there’s a job while they’re in school, and a potential new career that can follow. The district’s apprenticeship model sends […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Cost remains the top barrier to higher education

September 30, 2021

Via: eCampus News

The cost of college, including the expense of living and the cost of tuition and course materials, is the biggest barrier to post-secondary education for students. Not surprisingly, current, future and students who dropped out say “free college” would have […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Want to play college sports? A wealthy family helps

August 30, 2021

Via: ScienceDaily

It takes more than athletic talent to play varsity sports in college, at least for most young people, a new study suggests. Researchers found that U.S. high-school athletes were much more likely to play sports in college if they came […]