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4 tips for creating an elementary esports program

May 15, 2023 by Dr. Christina Counts, Vice President of Education, MiEN Company

An elementary esports program that meets learners’ needs should include considerations for learning space design and quality furnishings.

Scholastic esports is rapidly growing, and many schools are starting to incorporate esports programs into their curriculum. The benefits of esports make a compelling case for creating a…

Academic Esports

6 tips to help start an elementary esports program in your school

December 29, 2022 by Mary Phillips, Elementary STEM Teacher, North Shore Elementary

Conversations around esports have centered on collegiate and secondary levels, but recently, the conversation has expanded to include elementary esports too

The benefits of esports are well documented. A significant body of research has found that students who participate in scholastic esports programs benefit from increased emotional regulation, academic…

Academic Esports

6 tips to begin an elementary esports program in your school

December 7, 2022July 4, 2022 by Mary Phillips, Elementary STEM Teacher, North Shore Elementary

Conversations around esports have centered on collegiate and secondary levels, but recently, the conversation to elementary esports

Digital Innovation

5 components of educational innovation

December 7, 2022June 20, 2019 by Eileen Belastock

Lightbulbs with different phrases illustrate the components of educational innovation.

The industrial education model was massively successful at first, with high school graduation rates and student achievement increasing decade after decade. However, by the end of the 20th…

Educational Leadership

How to use data to increase student success rates

January 25, 2023January 31, 2018 by Nate Davis

Roughly 10 percent of freshmen class students nationwide find themselves struggling to earn enough credits to pass ninth grade, leaving them with only a 20-percent chance of graduating…

IT Management

Idaho’s virtual charter schools have a 20 percent grad rate

January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 by Betsy Z. Russell, The Spokesman-Review

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Teaching Trends

Editor’s Picks 2015, No. four: 4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

December 28, 2015 by Melissa Gedney

Forward-thinking practices from districts in Digital Promise's League of Innovative Schools focus on college and career readiness, and ultimately help increase the overall graduation rate.

District Management

Online classes target high school dropouts

January 7, 2013 by From staff and wire reports

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District Management

U.S. makes modest gains in graduation rates

September 20, 2012March 19, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

Aggressive efforts to prevent students from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according…

District Management

New bill focuses on U.S. graduation rates

April 19, 2011April 18, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

New legislation introduced in Congress proposes to reduce the U.S. high school dropout rate in an effort to reach a national graduation rate of 90 percent. The bill…

District Management

Obama urges Americans to take the lead in higher education

August 10, 2010 by Maya Prabhu

President Barack Obama urged Americans Aug. 9 to crack the books and boost post-secondary graduation rates, arguing that higher education achievement was key to U.S. economic health, AFP…

4 tips for creating an elementary esports program

6 tips to help start an elementary esports program in your school

6 tips to begin an elementary esports program in your school

5 components of educational innovation

How to use data to increase student success rates

Idaho’s virtual charter schools have a 20 percent grad rate

Editor’s Picks 2015, No. four: 4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

Online classes target high school dropouts

U.S. makes modest gains in graduation rates

New bill focuses on U.S. graduation rates

Obama urges Americans to take the lead in higher education

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