Category: High School Life
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Listen to “Academic Pressure,” on This Teenage Life
Academic pressure can bring out the best and worst in students. Some teens get so invigorated by the chance to prove themselves that they fall down the proverbial rabbit hole, and enjoy reading every piece of research they can find before writing a paper or taking a test. But for others, the pressure to succeed can lead to procrastination, headaches, anxiety attacks, and sleepless nights.
High School Life
Listen to Teens Discuss What Mattered Most to Them in High School Classes
Far too often, young people in U.S. high schools are expected to learn the same thing at the same time in their classes. Teachers present a lesson and lead the discussion, and each student then completes the same assignment. But this can lead to disengagement for students.
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How Youth Climate Activist Jerome Foster II Became the Voice for One Million Young People
XQ schools empower students not only to dream of the future, but gives them the tools to make those dreams a reality. Learn more about how Jerome Foster II became the voice for one million young people.
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What Happened to Reading for Fun? And What Can We Do About It?
You know you’ve got a problem when you’re afraid to check your screen time. Over the past year and a half, I’ve started dreading my weekly average report every Sunday, as the hours I spent on my phone each day steadily climbed with every month in lockdown.
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#XQMISTYCHALLENGE: Featuring the student winners of the XQ Dance Challenge ft. Misty Copeland
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#ARTIVISM: These Students Won the XQ Art + Activism Challenge ft. BMike
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These Students Won the XQ #MakeASongChallenge
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Equitable Teaching Strategies: Asset Framing in Practice
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Renée Fleming
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Michelle Morales
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Student Performs Powerful Spoken Word Poem About Graduation and Life
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How to Find Your Identity: Workshop and Framework with Ashanti Branch
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This Student Went Through the Foster System. Now She’s Graduating.| XQ Students
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World Teacher Day: Students Surprise Teachers With Messages
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This Student Started a Project to Bring Her Community Together | XQ Students
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Mini Shark Tank: Middle School Female Entrepreneurs Pitch Business Ideas
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Supporting Students Share Words of Motivation for Teachers During COVID-19 Pandemic
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This Student is Learning Computer Science in High School | XQ Students
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Explore Your Identity with Ashanti Branch (Lesson 2: Who Are You Listening To?)
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Explore Your Identity with Ashanti Branch (Lesson 1: Who Are You?)
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