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  • Shop Class, Over Zoom

    What happens when vocational education goes online? In Danvers, Massachusetts, one high school is pioneering creative solutions such as dropping off mannequin heads for cosmetology students, setting students up with a zoo webcam to practice their veterinary observational skills, and assigning environmental science students to pick up litter in their neighborhoods and analyze its impact on marine life.

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  • A vocational school curriculum that includes genocide studies and British literature

    Essex Technical is one of a growing number of high schools that has shifted from offering vocational classes to promoting "career and technical education" (CTE) courses. Essex's split schedule allows students to alternate between highly relevant skills classes and rigorous college preparation work. “There are a lot of different life paths that can get them [students] there,” an Essex staff member explained. “Our job is to help our students figure out what might be possible.”

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  • This high school finds success combining college-ready classes with career training

    At Essex Technical High School, students split their time between vocational classes and traditional coursework. While most teachers praise the model and point towards rising test scores as evidence of its success, others think there are several kinks still to be worked out; educators worry about overworking students and creating silos between the two types of learning.

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  • Student Drama Is Rampant—Can This Rural School Stop It?

    Schools nationwide are dealing with the ramifications of social media and cyber bullying. Pittsfield Middle High School in New Hampshire has created a new elective, “Drop the Drama,” where students discuss bullying and develop campaigns to improve their school’s environment.

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  • When students lead parent-teacher conferences

    'Student-centered learning' has taken on new life at one of the nation's lowest-performing high schools in the form of student-led parent-teacher conferences.

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  • What happens when instead of suspensions, kids talk out their mistakes?

    Instead of suspending them, a New Hampshire high school asks students to talk, listen, and make amends. The idea—termed "restorative justice"—aims to be more productive than traditional punishments.

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  • More Schools Serving Locally Grown Food, USDA Says

    Students in public schools are eating healthier cafeteria meals made from an increasing array of locally sourced food, according to new federal data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Nearly $600 million in locally produced food was purchased by schools in the 2013-14 academic year, a 55 percent increase over 2011-12. However, new studies on school nutrition have yielded mixed results about the impact of new federal regulations.

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  • Why School Should Start Later in the Morning

    Research shows that adolescents' grades are suffering due to lack of sleep and early start times of schools. As a result, the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention is asking schools to reconsider their schedules.

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  • Putting students in charge to close the achievement gap

    Students take responsibility for their own learning at Pittsfield Middle High School, where student-centered learning puts them in charge of leading discussions, creating group work goals and individual learning projects.

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  • Young Black and Latino Men Are, in Fact, Going to College

    The high school graduation and college matriculation rates are especially low for minority students. But some use tactics, like staying busy with extracurriculars and relying on guidance support systems, to ensure that they will succeed.

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