/graduation-requirements Graduation Requirements en-US 2021 (c) 91Ö±˛Ą Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:36:21 GMT /teaching-learning/why-the-pioneers-of-high-school-exit-exams-are-rolling-them-back/2024/11 Massachusetts is doing away with a decades-old graduation requirement. What will take its place? Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:36:21 GMT /teaching-learning/why-the-pioneers-of-high-school-exit-exams-are-rolling-them-back/2024/11 /teaching-learning/massachusetts-voters-poised-to-ditch-high-school-exit-exam/2024/11 The support for nixing the testing requirement could foreshadow public opinion on state standardized testing in general. Wed, 06 Nov 2024 05:50:45 GMT /teaching-learning/massachusetts-voters-poised-to-ditch-high-school-exit-exam/2024/11 /policy-politics/5-ways-you-didnt-know-the-election-will-affect-k-12-schools/2024/10 Voters will weigh ballot items that affect funding for electric school buses, tax revenue for state education budgets, and more. Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:50:57 GMT /policy-politics/5-ways-you-didnt-know-the-election-will-affect-k-12-schools/2024/10 /teaching-learning/opinion-students-shouldnt-have-to-pass-a-state-test-to-graduate-high-school/2024/10 There are better ways than high-stakes tests to think about whether students are prepared for their next step, writes a former high school teacher. Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:59:49 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-students-shouldnt-have-to-pass-a-state-test-to-graduate-high-school/2024/10 /teaching-learning/one-change-that-can-get-more-girls-students-of-color-taking-computer-science/2024/10 Making computer science classes a graduation requirement can be a powerful strategy. Tue, 22 Oct 2024 04:01:00 GMT /teaching-learning/one-change-that-can-get-more-girls-students-of-color-taking-computer-science/2024/10 /events/webinar/aligning-graduation-tracking-with-an-mtss-framework Graduation tracking isn't just about credits. Learn how to use data-driven practices to support every student's path to success. Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:24:03 GMT /events/webinar/aligning-graduation-tracking-with-an-mtss-framework /teaching-learning/how-should-high-school-change-these-districts-may-have-the-answer/2024/09 By supporting learning that takes place outside the classroom, districts—and states—are starting to rethink an age-old institution. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 04:03:00 GMT /teaching-learning/how-should-high-school-change-these-districts-may-have-the-answer/2024/09 /policy-politics/why-this-state-will-take-a-class-requirement-off-the-ballot-and-why-it-matters/2024/07 Asking voters to decide on a curriculum issue could set a tricky precedent, experts say. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:30:29 GMT /policy-politics/why-this-state-will-take-a-class-requirement-off-the-ballot-and-why-it-matters/2024/07 /events/webinar/portrait-of-a-graduate-a-decade-of-transforming-education Explore the findings and insights in the exclusive Battelle for Kids Future of Portrait of a Graduate report and see how you can leverage them. Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:50:28 GMT /events/webinar/portrait-of-a-graduate-a-decade-of-transforming-education /events/webinar/roundtable-webinar-why-we-created-a-portrait-of-a-graduate Hear from three K-12 leaders for insights into their school’s Portrait of a Graduate and learn how to create your own. Wed, 05 Jun 2024 20:14:44 GMT /events/webinar/roundtable-webinar-why-we-created-a-portrait-of-a-graduate /teaching-learning/civics-is-about-skills-not-just-facts-how-do-schools-measure-students-readiness/2023/12 Most state assessments aren't testing how students civically engage in their communities, a new report finds. Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:45:37 GMT /teaching-learning/civics-is-about-skills-not-just-facts-how-do-schools-measure-students-readiness/2023/12 /policy-politics/more-states-are-creating-a-portrait-of-a-graduate-heres-why/2023/12 A portrait of a graduate is a guiding document outlining a vision of what it means to be a successful student. Mon, 11 Dec 2023 21:49:51 GMT /policy-politics/more-states-are-creating-a-portrait-of-a-graduate-heres-why/2023/12 /teaching-learning/more-states-could-drop-their-high-school-exit-exams/2023/11 There's movement afoot in nearly half the states that still mandate high school exit exams to end the requirement. Thu, 30 Nov 2023 21:13:40 GMT /teaching-learning/more-states-could-drop-their-high-school-exit-exams/2023/11 /teaching-learning/computer-science-courses-are-on-the-rise-but-girls-are-still-half-as-likely-to-take-it/2023/11 Schools expanded the availability of foundational computer science classes, but stubborn gaps in access to those courses persist. Wed, 01 Nov 2023 04:01:00 GMT /teaching-learning/computer-science-courses-are-on-the-rise-but-girls-are-still-half-as-likely-to-take-it/2023/11 /teaching-learning/this-popular-high-school-civics-requirement-doesnt-boost-voting-habits/2023/09 More than a dozen states require students to take the U.S. Citizenship exam, but it doesn't seem to boost turnout. Wed, 20 Sep 2023 21:07:50 GMT /teaching-learning/this-popular-high-school-civics-requirement-doesnt-boost-voting-habits/2023/09 /policy-politics/the-steps-some-states-are-taking-to-redefine-student-success/2023/08 "We can’t go back to the way it’s always been done," says the head of the group that represents state education chiefs. Thu, 03 Aug 2023 16:00:00 GMT /policy-politics/the-steps-some-states-are-taking-to-redefine-student-success/2023/08 /teaching-learning/opinion-state-exams-offer-pathways-for-some-not-all-learners/2023/04 A parent writes a letter to the editor detailing her child's experience with state exams in New York. Tue, 25 Apr 2023 17:00:58 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-state-exams-offer-pathways-for-some-not-all-learners/2023/04 /teaching-learning/fighting-senioritis-this-new-requirement-kept-a-graduating-class-engaged/2023/04 These seniors were the first to test a new state requirement to reflect on what they had learned over four years of high school. Fri, 21 Apr 2023 20:05:56 GMT /teaching-learning/fighting-senioritis-this-new-requirement-kept-a-graduating-class-engaged/2023/04 /teaching-learning/should-cybersecurity-be-a-graduation-requirement-this-state-thinks-so/2023/04 North Dakota is requiring all students to study either cybersecurity or computer science content to graduate. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 21:04:32 GMT /teaching-learning/should-cybersecurity-be-a-graduation-requirement-this-state-thinks-so/2023/04 /teaching-learning/few-students-take-computer-science-this-district-offers-a-blueprint-for-changing-that/2023/03 One New York district exposes its students to computer science from prekindergarten through high school. Mon, 27 Mar 2023 04:01:27 GMT /teaching-learning/few-students-take-computer-science-this-district-offers-a-blueprint-for-changing-that/2023/03 /teaching-learning/states-have-soured-on-the-high-school-exit-exam-heres-why/2023/01 The pandemic is one reason, but interest has waned for some time in light of mixed research. Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:00:19 GMT /teaching-learning/states-have-soured-on-the-high-school-exit-exam-heres-why/2023/01 /teaching-learning/do-students-need-four-years-of-high-school-math/2023/01 Most U.S. students take the subject through junior or senior year. Not so in England—and Britain’s prime minister wants to change that. Tue, 17 Jan 2023 20:14:15 GMT /teaching-learning/do-students-need-four-years-of-high-school-math/2023/01 /teaching-learning/the-high-school-credit-hour-a-timeline-of-the-carnegie-unit/2022/12 The credit-hour, often known as the Carnegie unit, has been the essential measure of American secondary and higher education for more than a century. Here's how it started. Thu, 15 Dec 2022 19:57:42 GMT /teaching-learning/the-high-school-credit-hour-a-timeline-of-the-carnegie-unit/2022/12 /teaching-learning/the-head-of-the-carnegie-foundation-wants-to-ditch-the-carnegie-unit-heres-why/2022/12 The group that made credit-hours the high school standard for more than 100 years says it's time for a new metric of student success. Thu, 08 Dec 2022 21:44:23 GMT /teaching-learning/the-head-of-the-carnegie-foundation-wants-to-ditch-the-carnegie-unit-heres-why/2022/12 /teaching-learning/plunging-graduation-rates-signal-long-recovery/2022/08 In the second year of the pandemic, the number of states with falling graduation rates more than doubled. Mon, 29 Aug 2022 20:53:41 GMT /teaching-learning/plunging-graduation-rates-signal-long-recovery/2022/08 /leadership/opinion-graduation-must-depend-on-learning-not-time/2021/10 We’re long overdue to redesign our education system around competency, argue six superintendents. Here’s what that could look like. Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:30:12 GMT /leadership/opinion-graduation-must-depend-on-learning-not-time/2021/10 /leadership/opinion-when-educational-equity-descends-into-educational-nihilism/2021/09 Schools need to buckle down to engage and educate kids—not lower (or eliminate) expectations in the name of “equity.” Wed, 08 Sep 2021 19:31:58 GMT /leadership/opinion-when-educational-equity-descends-into-educational-nihilism/2021/09 /teaching-learning/data-how-is-coronavirus-changing-states-graduation-requirements/2020/04 Track what states are doing to ease the educational disruptions facing the high school class of 2020. Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:07:02 GMT /teaching-learning/data-how-is-coronavirus-changing-states-graduation-requirements/2020/04 /leadership/the-lost-senior-year-credits-proms-sports-all-in-jeopardy/2020/03 The coronavirus closures are shaping a disruptive end to a tumultuous academic career for the Class of 2020. Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:29:01 GMT /leadership/the-lost-senior-year-credits-proms-sports-all-in-jeopardy/2020/03 /policy-politics/action-civics-enlists-students-in-hands-on-democracy/2019/03 An activist brand of civics instruction is gaining champions and a few critics in the nation's schools. Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:19:21 GMT /policy-politics/action-civics-enlists-students-in-hands-on-democracy/2019/03