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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. In 2015 Riverside Secondary School started delivering Digital Learning 10 to their Grade 9 students (which is also the grade we deliver it at for Inquiry Hub students).

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How Family Engagement Leads to Student Success

Waterford

Studies show that a family’s engagement has a direct positive impact on a child’s learning success. Graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education[2]. Researchers found strong connections between family involvement/engagement and student academic achievement across fifty different studies.[5] Wairimu, M.J.,

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

0:15 Big Picture Stats 0:54 Andrea Yon's story 1:24 World Literacy Foundation study of the economic and social cost of illiteracy Sponsor: Today’s sponsor, Literal is an app to help students in grades 6-12 engage with reading. May 20, 2016. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. 12 Comments.

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How Parent Empowerment Can Change Your Classroom for the Better

Waterford

In a cross-analysis of fifty different studies, researchers found a strong link between parent engagement and student achievement.[8] 8] Additionally, one study found that when parents are involved in schools, their children are more likely to graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education.[9]. Wairimu, M.J.,

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How to Use the Dual Capacity-Building Framework to Strengthen Family Empowerment

Waterford

2] The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) in a case study on the dual capacity-building framework found that when the family-teacher connection was prioritized, reading and math scores improved by 9% and 18%, respectively.[5]. Intervention in School and Clinic, 2016, 51(4), pp. Sources : About Us. Dual Capacity.

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Adolescents Need More Proactive, Preventative Mental Health Supports in School

Edsurge

A study released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2022 found that between 2016 and 2020, the number of children ages 3 to 17 diagnosed with anxiety grew by 29 percent, and those diagnosed with depression grew by 27 percent.

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

The Hechinger Report

Shannan Bittle, a secondary math specialist for Union, said new academic programs — like aviation and construction — could offer students more ways to apply higher levels of math in lucrative jobs. “We Since 2016, the diversity of students enrolled in the district’s advanced math courses has increased.

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