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Use Digital Notebooks to Facilitate Book Clubs and Literature Circles at the Secondary Level

Catlin Tucker

Unfortunately, most secondary curriculum relies on a one-size-fits-all approach to reading. I hope this secondary book club template provides teachers with a path for thinking about how they can develop grade-level skills while allowing students a degree of choice about what they read. Here is the template you can copy: bit.ly/HSbookclub.

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SUPPORTING THE TRANSITiON FROM ELEMENTARY TO SECONDARY

American Consortium for Equity in Education

We visit with the Center for Responsive Schools, Kristen Vincent, Karen Poplawski and Dr Joe Tilley on this challenge fo grade and school transition that has been there since schools were invented ………and how to make it easier for students Keep Reading SUPPORTING THE TRANSITiON FROM ELEMENTARY TO SECONDARY The post SUPPORTING THE (..)

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Steps That Administrators Can Take to Address Secondary Trauma Stress

Insight Education Group

Schools are realizing the very real presence of Secondary Trauma Stress (STS). Secondary Trauma Stress or compassion fatigue is defined by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network as the “emotional duress that results when an individual hears about the firsthand trauma experiences of another. Lighten the load for educators.

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NASSP Principal of the Year: Dr. Tracie Anderson Swilley

The CoolCatTeacher

Tracie Anderson Swilley the Principal of Fairfield High School in South Carolina was named the 2025 Principal of the Year for the United States by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. She is also an active member of the Richland County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

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4 Reading Comprehension Strategies for Your Secondary Students

American Consortium for Equity in Education

However, trends—even the evidence-based ones—often Keep Reading 4 Reading Comprehension Strategies for Your Secondary Students The post 4 Reading Comprehension Strategies for Your Secondary Students appeared first on American Consortium for Equity in Education. It is grounded in what we know about cognitive science.

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How Identity Management Makes Schools Less Vulnerable to Cybercrime

EdTech Magazine

Last year alone, the number of ransomware attacks on K–12 schools topped the number on secondary schools, hospital systems and governments. K–12 schools are No. 1, and not in a good way.

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IXL Approved by Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as a State-Approved Supplemental Literacy Solution for Grades K-5

eSchool News

/PRNewswire/ — IXL, the award-winning personalized learning platform used by 16 million students, has been named a High Quality Evidence-Based Instructional Material for Early Literacy by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).