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When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

Edsurge

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Oakland’s partnership, known as #OaklandUndivided , launched in May 2020. OAKLAND, Calif. The homework gap isn’t new.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly. on March 18, 2020. At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020.

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Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

“If you brought a pencil to class or not, that would be factored into your grade,” the high school senior said during a study period in the library. Now, Savard says, learning targets are clearer, and there’s more opportunity to truly understand the material. It’s better than it was.”.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 10 dedicated educators

eSchool News

Michelle Kruse, Content Lead for Libraries, Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy, Cedar Rapids Community School District Nominated by: Follett Michelle Kruse is the teacher librarian at Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy (RCCBA), a magnet middle school in the Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD). Dr. Dana T.

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AI and Personalized Learning That Goes Beyond Tech: The Latest Camelback Ventures Cohort

Edsurge

Meanwhile, the schools that shared their ideas focused on student-centered learning and models that honor the differences in students and “think about personalized learning beyond just technology.” Forefront offers in-person trainings, ranging from teaching companies about implicit bias to helping them recruit better.

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

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The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. The world has changed. It is going to be different moving forward.