Student Success

How Partnering With a Local University Saved This School From Closure

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In 2015, East Upper and Lower Schools—formerly East High School—in Rochester, New York entered into a unique partnership between the New York State Education Department, Rochester City School District and the University of Rochester. This Educational Partnership Organization aims to curtail a trend of academic underperformance and high rates of truancy, absenteeism and dropout, which […]

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How to Keep Students Organized and Thriving in a Digital Classroom

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A critical component of any student’s educational journey is learning how to be better organized, complete tasks independently and persevere when an assignment is difficult. We’ve all seen (or even been) that woefully disorganized student: always turning in late assignments, arriving to class empty-handed or misplacing instructional materials. We describe students like this as lacking

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Persistence Is Not Always Productive: How to Stop Students From Spinning Their Wheels

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My first experience as an educator was teaching middle-school mathematics and science in Baltimore. As a teacher, I was interested in the content and had a deep desire to impart my knowledge and enthusiasm to my students. I also worked hard to keep my students focused and tended to run my classroom like a tight

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Are the Kids Alright? A Check-Up on Our Nation’s Reading Health [Quiz]

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This quiz is part of the upcoming EdSurge guide, What Does Reading Well Look Like? Some worry that the written word is disappearing amid the many technological advancements of the information age—that scrolling and texting have replaced reading and writing. And of course, the fear among many is that younger generations suffer the greatest consequences

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