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How to Calculate Your High School and College Grades

Thinking back on my K-12 and college years, I remember hearing my parents say “keep your grades up.” If it weren’t for good grades, I might not be where I am, on the second half of a purpose-filled career in the field of education. If you are a K-12 or college student looking to maintain or increase your GPA, you probably have a ton of questions, and hopefully, I will answer some of them in this article. Let’s start out by looking at how grades are calculated. How are Grades Calculated? Every teacher, professor or instructor has their own way …

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How to Calculate Your High School GPA, College GPA, and Cumulative GPA

What is GPA? Your GPA (Grade Point Average) is a figure that represents all the letter grades you earned in either college or high school. Abridging the letter grades on your transcript into one score provides colleges and businesses with a quick overview of your academic acumen and helps you stay on top of your educational goals. Gratefully, our GPA calculator calculates your GPA for you, but the calculations aren’t sorcery. Keep reading to figure out how your GPA is tabulated and find out the subtle differences between college and high school (weighted or unweighted) GPAs. Before we continue, we would like …

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The Edvocate Podcast, Episode 2: How Edtech Companies Should Start the New School Year

As summer reaches its peak, and fall gears up to make its arrival, students, parents, teachers, and administrators are all preparing for the beginning of a new academic year. So many gains were made last year, and they are eager to build upon that success. When we talk about education stakeholders who are concerned with starting the school year off right, we rarely, if ever, talk about edtech companies. They too are an integral part of the school community, as they provide a valuable service. So how do edtech companies stay on their “A” games to begin the new school …

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Announcing the Winners of the 2018 Tech Edvocate Awards

Every day, technology innovations transform the way people learn and how educators teach. In the last few years, the edtech field has attracted a lot of talented people, all with excellent knowledge bases and ideas. Though the edtech industry has been around for a few decades now, the last few years, in particular, have seen a surge in investment from both school districts and investors. The education market is currently worth around $5 trillion globally, and it is forecasted that edtech investment alone will reach $252 billion by the year 2020. This growing investment into edtech start-ups has created some …

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Introducing The Edvocate Podcast

For over 15 years, veteran educator Matthew Lynch has written about and researched the field of education. On “The Edvocate Podcast,” he discusses education trends, issues, and futures. To join him on this journey, click the subscribe button so you can be alerted when the first episode goes live.

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Strategies for Reducing Essay Grading Time

When I was a teacher, I assigned my fair share of essays to my students. As a history teacher, I wanted them to use narratives to explain their interpretation and understanding of the events that have shaped the world as we know it. However, the one thing that I hated about assigning essays was the amount of time that it took me to grade them. In response, I had to find new and innovative ways to reduce the time that it took me to assess them. If I didn’t, my weekends would be perpetually spent grading hundreds of essays. Thankfully, …

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