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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. Here are the original courses and the updates to meet the new BC curriculum requirements: Original Courses. 2018 Updated Courses.

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3 Strategies for Personalizing Feedback Online

Catlin Tucker

Online students who received audio feedback perceived that feedback as more thorough, detailed, and personal than text feedback (Voelkel & Mello, 2014). Students also reported being more motivated by audio and video feedback because it was clear and personalized (Voelkel & Mello, 2014; Henderson & Phillips, 2015).

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3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

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How one district has diversified its advanced math classes — without the controversy

The Hechinger Report

It’s also the result of a years-long campaign to identify and promote more students from underrepresented backgrounds into the district’s most challenging math courses. The school district now uses multiple pathways to get more students, especially those from underrepresented groups, into its accelerated courses.

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Norbert College where she taught the course Language Analysis and Applied Linguistics. She has published articles in the Wisconsin English Journal and has spoken at state and national conferences on aspects of secondary literacy. December 18, 2014. Lisa served as an adjunct instructor at St. No trinkets. No book levels.

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7 Mindsets and K12, Inc. Virtual Schools Expand Partnership

eSchool News

7 Mindsets will now provide SEL courses and curriculums, leadership training and teacher professional development throughout the entire K12, Inc., alliance began in 2014. K12 has delivered millions of courses over the past decade and serves students in all 50 states and more than 100 countries. system for the next three years.

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The Awkward Truth About ‘Free College’—It Isn’t Truly Free

Edsurge

In 2014, when Tennessee unveiled a statewide scholarship to cover tuition expenses at community colleges, the program was praised for making higher education possible for more people. If someone can’t meet their basic needs for food and housing, they’re unlikely to consider post-secondary as an option,” she says. “Or

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