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The longer students stay in school, the less engaged they become

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Sylvia Martinez

“The drop in student engagement for each year students are in school is our monumental, collective national failure.” Brandon Busteed, Executive Director of Gallup Education Here’s what he’s talking about: Read more about why the longer students stay in school, the … Continue reading →

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Youth Risk Online - Why Engage Youth in Bullying Prevention?

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

A prevalent view of education is that young people are empty vessels and schools simply open up their heads and pour in knowledge. Unfortunately this is a vision of education that is not serving us well in the 21st century. … Continue reading →

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Unpacking a survey - High School Survey of Student Engagement

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

This post is by Steven Hicks, who is our project specialist at Generation YES. He writes about a recently released 2009 survey - High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE) out of Indiana University. This year, 42,754 high school students … Continue reading →

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Student Leadership - Building Authentic 21st Century Skills

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

This is an archive from my webinar at the Cyber Conference for the Capitol Region ISTE affiliate (CRSTE) held on Feb. 27, 2010. Student Leadership - Building Authentic 21st Century Skills Clicking this link will launch the Elluminate web meeting … Continue reading →

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