(“Hello. I’m so wonderful that I see you the way it makes ME comfortable to see you, rather than seeing you as you are.”) It’s so frustrating that there’s still so much ableism in this incredible event that’s supposed to celebrate these athletes and all they’ve worked for. ...
The only rule of the exercise is there are no abstractions allowed. Two hours later, my computer, our classroom, is closed. Those 12th graders wondered why SCHOOL DIDN’T TEACH THEM how to gracefully lose and graciously win. I am on my knees wondering why I am energized, satisfied, but ...
Ethier: So this is a school-based survey. So this is a survey of 9th through 12th graders, and this year the sample size was over 17,000 young people collected in schools across the country. Again, we’ve been doing this survey for more than 30 years. It is part of a system of ...
“book lover” members of the What Should I Read Next patreon community. Parties like this are so much fun as I get to share books I've read and loved, books I can't wait to read, and some titles the book world is abuzz about for the season to come. All in all we’ll preview...
Keishia Thorpe, an English teacher in Maryland, was selected from more than 8,000 teachers in 121 countries.Ms. Thorpe teaches English to 12th-graders at the International High School Langley Park, where 95 percent of pupils are from low-income families. She redesigned their courses for the ...
While that content changes some as students move from Kindergarten to 12th grade, in general, the kinds of things we ask our 2nd graders to study are similar to what we have our high school seniors study. In classic education (in certain parts of the world anyway), ‘content areas’ were...
#1: College Prep = Standard Core High School Curriculum Since the goal of high school is to prepare students for college, it makes sense that the classes that you take in high school are called "college prep classes." After all, the way you get ready for college is by learning what ther...
All eligible 10th-12th graders qualify to take either core courses or CTAE(elective) courses at participating Dual Enrollment Colleges in Georgia. While there is not a formal internship program, there are some limited opportunities for currently enrolled Juniors and Seniors to apply for and ...
A 2010 survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 74% of all 7th to 12th graders had at least one profile on a social networking site, while another study found that 98% of college students had a Facebook profile (Egan & Moreno, 2011; Rideout et al., 2010). Using social ...
These unmastered foundational skills keep students stuck in no man’s land; they don’t understand past concepts and they are not learning new ones either. Obviously, this is having an impact on their learning, but there is also an emotional toll. I see how dejected they are when they don...