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Teachers' Mental Health Has Suffered in the Pandemic. Here's How Districts Can Help - Education Week

Teachers’ stress and anxiety have soared during the pandemic, making it critical for districts to look after their mental health.
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Classroom Discussions on Race: Hear What 5 Black Students Say They ...

Five Black high school students share stories about class conversations on race they thought went well, and those that didn’t go well at all.
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Teachers Get Tips on Remote Instruction Strategies in Online 'Open ...

A growing number of online communities are emerging to help teachers get strategies and tips on distance learning from their colleagues.
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It's Official: All States Have Been Excused From Statewide Testing ...

Within three weeks, a pandemic has completely changed the national landscape on testing.
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See Which States Have Cancelled Spring Tests Because of Coronavirus...

Spring testing is being cancelled or delayed as the coronavirus closes tens of thousands of schools nationwide. EdWeek is tracking states’ assessment plans.
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Teachers in These States Have to Pass a Rigorous Test on 'Science o...

As the importance of good reading instruction attracts new attention, data show that only 19 states require aspiring teachers to pass a test that shows they’ve mastered research-based methods for teaching children to read.
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7 Takeaways From the 2019 Advanced Placement Results - Education Week

Nearly one-quarter of the high school graduates of 2019 who took Advanced Placement exams scored a 3 or higher, continuing trends of score improvements among students overall, according to results released Thursday by the College Board. But the results also show small declines for three ethnic…

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Teacher Praise Helps Students Focus, Behave Better, Study Says - Ed...

A new study finds that students tend to stay on task better when their teachers increase their ratio of praise to reprimand.
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Without Rules, Credit Recovery Is Just an 'Easy Ticket to Graduatio...

Too many districts that use a lot of credit recovery to enable students to finish high school don’t have sufficient policy safeguards to ensure that those catch-up courses are high quality, according to a new report.
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Students From Educated Families More Likely to Take Dual-Credit Cou...

New data from the federal government show that dual-enrollment courses are an opportunity that’s used disproportionately by white and Asian students, and students whose parents went to college.
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U.S. High School Grad Rate Reaches Another All-Time High. But What ...

The U.S. high school graduation rate has risen yet again, to a new all-time high of 84.6 percent. But questions persist about what is driving the steady gain.
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High School Counselors Think Colleges Should Drop SAT, ACT Requirem...

A pair of new surveys shows deep skepticism about the value of college-admissions exams among high school counselors and college-admissions leaders. Both groups also worry about too much pressure to take AP courses, and lack of equal access to those classes.
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What Do Employers Want in a New Hire? Mostly, Good Speaking Skills ...

Good speaking skills are the most important communication skill to executives and hiring managers when they’re looking for new employees, a survey finds.
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Michelle Obama to School Counselors: You're 'Heroes' - Education Week

Michelle Obama chooses a gathering of school counselors as a symbolic place to give final, emotional remarks as first lady, calling counselors “heroes” of education.
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ACT Offers First Accommodations for English-Language Learners - Edu...

In a break from past practice, ACT Inc. has announced that it will begin offering accommodations for English learners.
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With 95 Kinds of High School Diplomas, What Does 'Graduation' Mean?...

A new report finds that there are 95 different kinds of high school diplomas nationwide, and that many fall short of requiring students to complete courses that prepare them for college or good jobs.
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States Still Working to Align Tests to Standards, New Map Shows - E...

Research by C-SAIL, a new group that’s tracking standards implementation and testing, finds that some states are still working to fully implement standards in the classroom, and some have yet to reach that goal.
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The Common Core Standards' Role in Standardized Testing - Education...

Increasingly, testing opponents are casting the Common Core State Standards as the cause of the standardized testing burden in public schools. But that claim is inaccurate.
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GED: A College Pathway That Few Complete - Education Week

It’s pretty well established by now that despite its nickname, the GED is not a “high school equivalency test.” Young people who earn a General Educational Development certificate don’t fare as well in earnings or in postsecondary education as those who graduate from high school.