High School Students Partner with Istation for Curriculum Design

In the beginning of 2023, talented students from the Bryan Adams P-TECH program embarked on a semester-long journey to uncover the secrets of digital curriculum development with Istation. These high school students learned the ropes — from the initial spark of creativity to the final design — in the P-TECH workplace challenge.

How Schools Are Recovering from Learning Lag

Educators are working hard to help students regain their academic footing after the initial disruptions caused by the pandemic. But there is still a long way to go. Since COVID-19’s worldwide threat has diminished, countless schools are now focused on learning recovery.

Achieving Growth for English Learners

Over five million students in US public schools are learning English as a second language. That’s more than 10% of the public school population overall, and in some states nearly 20% are English learners, or ELs. These percentages are trending upward, leading the National Education Association to anticipate that some states will see their EL student populations rise to 25% of their total students in the 2025-2026 school year.

Strong Leadership Impacts School Outcomes

School principals matter even more to student achievement than researchers previously realized. That’s the conclusion of “How Principals Affect Students and Schools,” a recent meta-analysis of school leadership research. Updating their 2004 literature review, the Wallace Foundation looked at the most current studies and found that effective school principals were nearly as influential as the top classroom teachers.

Keep Students Learning All Summer Long

Summer vacations can be a mixed bag for students and their teachers. On the one hand, children have more freedom to pursue their interests and spend quality time with family and friends. On the other, too much unstructured time can lead to boredom, unhealthy habits, and even the dreaded “summer slide.”

Mastering English can be wonderfully rewarding for non-native speakers. Bilingualism dramatically expands life opportunities as it strengthens memory, abstract thinking, and other executive functions. But for young English learners (ELs), the road to mastery can be so rocky that they lose motivation. How can schools help ELs stay engaged?