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Inquiry Hub Secondary School – Confluence and Influence

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

Confluence and Influence – Inquiry Hub Secondary School. Background: The 2018-2019 school year is Inquiry Hub Secondary’s 7th year since it was founded. Foundations of Inquiry 11 – BAA Course (2012). Applications of Digital Learning 10 – BAA Course (2012). 2018 Updated Courses.

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GED and other high school equivalency degrees drop by more than 40% nationwide since 2012

The Hechinger Report

Red states are where the annual issuance of new high school equivalency diplomas has fallen by more than 50 percent between 2012 and 2016. Specifically, the annual number of test takers who completed one of the three exams has fallen more than 45 percent from more than 570,000 in 2012 to roughly 310,000 in 2016. Data source: Thomas J.

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

Putting a finer point on the problem is Nathan Harden , American education commentator, who in 2012 claimed, “In fifty years, if not much sooner, half of the roughly 4,500 colleges and universities now operating in the United States will have ceased to exist. The technology driving this change is already at work, and nothing can stop it.

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9 Key Classroom Management Skills Backed up with Research

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

and “ Reducing reality shock: The effects of classroom management skills training on beginning teachers ” by Theresa Dicke et al. A guidance counselor or trained staff could work with the students to understand the root causes of their behavior, guiding them toward more positive choices in the future. Gage, Ph.D.,

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Verizon Innovative App Challenge for Secondary Students

The Innovative Educator

The Challenge is a collaborative competition that offers $10,000 grants and Samsung Galaxy Tabs for winning secondary schools and students. Su bmissions accepted : December 1, 2012 - January 18, 2013 Download the Verizon Innovative App Challenge flyer Find out more here. The 10 overall winning teams will then be selected and announced.

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How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

The Hechinger Report

75 percent of principals think their job has become “too complex,” according to a 2012 survey. A 2012 survey found 75 percent of principals think their job has become “too complex.” Between 2008 and 2012, the same survey found job satisfaction among principals decreased nine percentage points, from 68 percent to 59 percent.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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