Monday, August 11, 2014

Students to map out their career futures

Summer program provides building blocks for math, English | Interview offers insights into summer math credit recovery | Students to map out their career futures
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August 11, 2014
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Teaching & Learning
Summer program provides building blocks for math, English
Students enrolled in a summer program at a South Carolina school used hands-on projects to hone their math and English skills. The program offered a split schedule, with students spending half the day in class and the other half taking part in hands-on learning activities. The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, S.C.) (8/9)
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Students to map out their career futures
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Several California high schools soon will require incoming freshmen to map out their career goals for the next 10 years. School counselors say getting students to think about their future early will better equip them to pursue a college degree or a career after high school. The Bakersfield Californian (8/8)
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College programs help ease transitions for high-schoolers
Some colleges are developing programs to help high-school students transition to a postsecondary setting after graduation. Some programs seek to introduce students to campus life. Others help ensure students begin college with the academic skills they need. Education Week (tiered subscription model)/College Bound blog (8/8)
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Tenn. district launches class periods for struggling students
A Tennessee school district is using student enrichment periods to help struggling students transition to the Common Core State Standards. Students are screened three times a year -- as early as kindergarten -- to help identify those in need of extra help. The Tennessean (Nashville) (tiered subscription model) (8/8)
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STEM
Ore. educators team with local businesses
Oregon teachers recently gathered with local business leaders to map out classroom strategies for teaching science, technology, engineering and math. The four-day training session was organized by one of the state's six "regional STEM hubs," partnerships made up of businesses, school districts, colleges and community groups. Statesman-Journal (Salem, Ore.) (tiered subscription model) (8/6)
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Policy & Legislation
Should high schools adopt later start times?
High-school students in some Minnesota, Colorado and Wyoming schools with later start times had better test scores, grades, attendance, and lower rates of depression, according to a University of Minnesota report. The data are part of what is driving a Minnesota district to reconsider existing start times for its high schools. Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) (8/10)
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Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom."
-- Sandra Day O'Connor,
former U.S. Supreme Court justice
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