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MobyMax launches K-8 cognitive skills science curriculum

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MobyMax, developer of personalized and blended learning curriculum for K-8 students, is kicking off the 2015-2016 school year by releasing a new Touch Curriculum technology that uses more than 20,000 cognitive skill manipulatives to deepen students’ mastery of science concepts.

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Her schools is teaching students to set goals and take charge of their learning. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. This basic idea matters because even given current excitement around personalized learning, much of what’s declared fresh about it has been done for years.

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Full-time online school launches in Georgia using FuelEd (Aventa)

eSchool News

The public, full-time online school, Vidalia Academy, offers students across the state of Georgia the opportunity to learn in a flexible educational model that is tailored to each student’s needs. The school will be accepting enrollment applications through September 28, 2015. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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'Lost in the Cracks' Alabama District Brings Personalized Learning to Incarcerated Youth

Edsurge

In 2015, after the state passed a law requiring each local board of education to have a virtual option for students in grades 9-12, the Athens City School District created Renaissance. Rick Carter Superintendent William “Trey” Holladay is credited with being the brainchild behind the Renaissance School in Athens, Alabama.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Tailoring learning to students’ exact needs takes significant resources, teacher training and, ideally, close collaboration with families — something many schools struggle to pull off. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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What Lessons Does Special Education Hold for Improving Personalized Learning?

MindShift

This story about IEPs was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report ). Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report ). Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report). Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report).