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Safety Issues, New School Behavioral Program
I was asked to start a rural high school alternative program for special ed students who struggled in traditional programming. There have been some problems and I'm now thinking of leaving, but what teacher isn't. For the record, I have been very successful in this work for many years, so the task is not new to me although this type of student is new. [more inside]
What books should I teach in 9th grade honors English?
High school English teacher here. I work at an independent school and have a good amount of leeway in terms of what texts I assign. I am looking for a few great books to add to the curriculum in my 9th grade honors English class. [more inside]
Making a girls high-school more trans-friendly
How can an all-girl high-school be made *actually* more welcoming to trans students. Not specifically active bullying, or administrative burden, but how can I convince a thousand teenage girls to treat their fellow students fairly and equally. It's a "woke" school. We have trans flags and trans staff and explicitly being transphobic would be a real line. But as a girls high-school, trans people stick out, and I want to put together a proposal as to how we could do better. [more inside]
A cool fun book for a HS freshman
Granddaughter, 13, entering high school in a couple of weeks needs to read book for her English class.-
She asked me to read it with her and we were all set and ready to go to have a two person book club.
Then she found out it cannot be a graphic novel. Bummer. [more inside]
What happened to Policy Debate?
I recently became aware that Policy Debate was replaced by Public Forum Debate. What was the rationale for the change? [more inside]
Daily Mass Then Throw a Pass
Why are so many of the best high school football teams Catholic schools? [more inside]
Parlez-vous High School?
My US-based child would like to spend the equivalent of 9th grade and/or 10th grade taking high school in Europe. Does anyone have direct experience actually DOING this, either as a family adventure or through a structured study-abroad program? Tell me your ways! [more inside]
Help finding film or TV depicting a punk/rebel in H.S. phys-ed class
You know the trope: the rebel shows up (begrudgingly) for high school gym class sporting a bastardized gym uniform and Chuck Ts.
If you can recall a film or TV show with such a scene I want to hear about it! Any era/genre will work. No scene too short.
Thank you!
How can I graciously accept apologies that I dispute the premise of?
People have apologized to me for the way they treated me in junior high/high school. I reject the entire idea that anyone ever bullied me. I don't harbour any ill will towards these people so I would like them to get what they want/need out of their apology. [more inside]
Where can high school students discover writing and ideas?
I teach sophomore English in high school and am tired of saying "here, read this" as an exclusive mode of teaching. I would like students to tag some places to discover good writing and engage in good habits of discussion and discovery. My dream is that they check in with good articles, poems, reviews, discussions, short stories and other actual artifacts of the world of ideas. [more inside]
What plays are they performing in high school these days?
Not a heavy question and a bit North-America-centric, but discussing our embarrassing theatre nerd high-school days with my wife and wondering if the same plays were still being done in high school as they were ~30 years ago. [more inside]
Data source/book/guidance about purely merit-based college aid?
Our kid is a high school junior in Illinois and just got a really good SAT score (in the "99%+" range). She has straight A grades across AP and honors classes, and she's got good extracurriculars. But we make too much money to get any need-based aid. Are there any good data sources or sites that can predict where she'd likely get good merit-based offers? [more inside]
High school plays with adventure, darkness, theatricality, laughs
I'm a newly-minted high school drama director and am choosing two plays for February and May. No musicals this year. I've read a metric boatload of plays but can't quite find the one that really lights me up all the way. Please help me find something in my sweet spot. [more inside]
Are college diplomas really necessary (like, literally the diploma)?
I'm cleaning my house Konmari-style and a thought came up: how necessary is it to keep the physical copy of your college (or maybe high school) diploma in this day and age? [more inside]
Best public high schools for dyslexic students in the Boston area
What high schools in the Boston area are best for supporting dyslexic learners? [more inside]
Looking for an accredited personal finance class for a California teen.
She needs an elective, but her high school doesn’t offer personal finance. Are there any online options that her HS might accept? [more inside]
Good inaugural High School Senior class gift from students to school?
My High School senior is part of a three year-old school, and a member of the first-ever graduating class. The school is part of a well-known California university, sort of a "public" private school. Given this is the first class, we're thinking of ideas to give something back, and to start a new tradition. Given this is a class in COVID-19, we're wondering what we could do that would capture the spirit of this distributed, school-at-home moment. [more inside]
Ideas for High School Students to Engage with Politics
Calling all educators! And everyone else with ideas on how to provide opportunities for high school students to get their voices heard. What have you done with your students to empower them to engage politically? What ideas do you have for how I might help my own students do so? [more inside]
Teachers! Tips for transitioning from teaching high school to elementary
After many years of teaching high school world language classes, I will be switching to teaching ESOL/ELL in elementary school. Educators who have made the switch either way, I'd love your advice and anecdotes! [more inside]
How can I get the inside scoop on schools in the Seattle area?
I need to learn more about what middle school and high school options there are near me in Seattle but it seems really hard to get through the marketing speak. Every school website describes how awesome it is. Greatschools.org doesn't have much information about private schools. And test scores don't tell me what I need to know; I'd really like to hear first-person accounts from students, parents, or staff. Is it out there?
New or emerging secular online-/homeschool options for ages 14-18?
In light of the massive shift from conventional to online schooling, I'm looking for new or emerging online schooling or homeschooling options for English-speaking students ages 14-18. The ideal recommendation would (in rough order of importance)... [more inside]
Help Me to Remember High School Football
First question on Ask. I searched for answers to my question but didn't find my specifics. Thanks for your help. I am looking for information about schedules for varsity high school football teams. Bonus points if you or your child play/played varsity high school football. Extra bonus points if your high school was in upstate New York. Extra extra extra bonus points if you played around 1997 - 2001. [more inside]
Need best education options for my autistic kiddo, within my capability.
My 13-year-old is not doing well in a public school environment, despite fantastic support via an IEP. We have recently learned they are autistic and non-binary. Most of their stressors seem to be social. At this point, I am considering alternatives, but I have my own personal limits that make me worry that any home schooling sort of setup will be a magnificent fail. Please help me learn what some good alternative options might be, and how I can find support for both of us. [more inside]
Current U.S. prom themes
When I was of high school age (the late 90s), proms and sometimes regular school dances had themes. I am writing a story that needs to reference a prom with a theme now, in 2020. But...what is that? What are regular high school prom themes, if any, in the U.S. today? I am interested in regional differences too.
Title I schools + college admissions?
People who know about college admissions: Does being from a Title I high school benefit a student when applying for colleges? [more inside]
The Civil War Historiography of my High School Textbook
There's a name for the way my 1980's edition of The American Pageant approached slavery and secession. What is it? [more inside]
Help me identify this short story
Back in high school in the late '70s, we read a short story in English class. I only remember fragments, it was about a traveller who got lost, maybe in the Himalayas? Definitely somewhere in Asia, in the mountains. He was rescued by buddhist monks or nuns (maybe?), and the thing I remember most clearly was that they cleaned out his nose with some type of swab after they rescued him. I seem to remember this was part of a reader or anthology of short stories we had. If it helps, this was in Canada.
School Physical Abuse of a Disabled Child
This is in New Jersey. I don't want to go into details except to say there was no sexual abuse, just physical. My child is fine. [more inside]
Job advice re: teaching English/creative writing in a private school
Adjunct-level academic, MFA, author, and mother of small children seeks job teaching at a private high school. How hard will it be to get one, and what can I expect? [more inside]
Middle East related topic for high school assignment?
Asking for my teenager: Can you help my daughter come up with a subject for a large (>80 h) high school assignment? She's an ambitious and smart kid, and her special area of interest is the Middle East. [more inside]
laptop to projector
I often need to hook my laptop to the projector at work, and I need the laptop to continue displaying its screen (sometimes a website, sometimes a powerpoint) while the laptop is locked. [more inside]
Free video editing software for students
Hi Folks, I'm looking for some free video editing software apps for high school students. They will be creating an interview-style news report and will need to stitch together the questions and answers they create. I need something compatible with both Android and IOS. All of the students have smart phones. One may be using a laptop. I saw some previous questions, but they were over 4 years old. Many thanks on behalf of a colleague!
Helping a high schooler with organization skills
My niece is a senior in high school, and is in danger of not graduating due to her grades. It's not that she isn't getting concepts, it's her organization. What can we do at this point to help her establish a system for getting her assignments done and turned in on time, and improve her test-taking skills? [more inside]
Essays/short stories on what makes place a community and/or a home
I'm looking for essays or short stories on what makes a place a community and/or a home. It will be assigned high school juniors and seniors in NYC for a seminar on displacement and gentrification.
Ideally fiction, and preferably by a black author or another author of color. Does not necessarily have to be set in a city.
Tx!
Set Your Alarm
What can parents do to better prepare a highschool senior for college? [more inside]
Small Printing Press, 1980s
I was just remembering back to the printing shop my junior high school had back in the 1980s, and I can't find links or descriptions of the processes I remember, mostly because "printing," as a subject, has changed a lot in the past thirty years and it's difficult to filter through all the noise with the generic terms I remember -- details inside. [more inside]
Modern High School Cliques
This Ask was a good starting point, but focused on late 80s - early 90s. What's changed? What are the current cliques you'd find at most high schools these days? [more inside]
The opposite of what most people search the internet for...
Parents, teachers, health educators - do you have any recommendations for online videos that teach abstinence, appropriate for a high school audience? [more inside]
Teaching sullen 15 year olds
I have been a volunteer in a program that teaches basic coding to students in"under-resourced" city high schools for the last three years. My students this year are very different - they have been sullen and unengaged from the start and I'm looking for some help in engaging them. More snowflake details follow. [more inside]
Decorating A Public School Classroom for Halloween: Yay or Nay?
Help settle a debate between my high school teaching team. We have 6 teachers who share 2 separate rooms and we are discussing if it's appropriate to hang Halloween decorations in one of the rooms. For the record, the administration stated they want one room with no decorations but did not specifically ban anything. [more inside]
High school filter: Help me transition to teaching teens
I'll be teaching teenagers in multi-age low-level ESL setting after years of elementary ed. Can you help me be an awesome high school teacher? [more inside]
If the system can tell you your password, run away
What computer security topics do schools cover nowadays? [more inside]
What is my brain trying to tell me?
Why do I dream about high school most nights? [more inside]
What's to forgive?
An old high school friend sent in a friend request on Facebook. I had not responded because I am kind of tired of old high school friends on Facebook, you know? Then I get a message from him apologizing for his behavior back in high school.... [more inside]
Should I press charges against my student?
Earlier this week, my phone was stolen from my high school classroom (dumb on my part; it usually stays in my pocket). One of my students from another class recognized it and identified the suspect. The school resource officer confirmed the SN, and the student was suspended. I declined to press criminal charges against a student for the second time this year. [more inside]
College strategy
Situation- high school junior of middling to good grades with college ambitions and an eye on costs. One option is a year or two of community college and then transfer to a name brand college (think BU or NYU or such like). In real life, what are the chances, what are the possibilities, what are the best strategies to make this happen? And equally if not more important, what are the pitfalls and gotchas? (How good an idea is this?) [more inside]
Teaching in Mexico
I'm a teacher in Massachusetts, thinking of teaching in Mexico or elsewhere in South America. I speak Spanish and am certified to teach elementary, high school English and all levels special education. Can anyone point me to decent programs for this or conversely, steer me away from scams? [more inside]
Short American horror fiction by authors who aren't white men?
I'm teaching a unit on American horror fiction to 11th graders, and the curriculum I inherited is made up of 100% white, 100% male authors. I would like to to supplement that with other voices. I'm looking specifically for contemporary short horror fiction by American authors who are not dudes and / or not white. Again, we're talking high school kids, so nothing too graphic / inappropriate, but I am also willing to consider at least rubbing up against the boundaries of propriety. This is not an area in which I am at all well-read, so no suggestion should be considered too "obvious."
Just starting college/uni search. Give me your wisdom....
Just starting the college search process. Want all the advice... [more inside]
Finishing high school online as an adult
I'm preparing to return to college in my 40s - outside the United States. They want my high school diploma and transcript, dispite the fact that I do have some college. A GED will not do. I left high school halfway through my junior year. Are there accredited online high school programs where I can do more independent study and take college courses? [more inside]