The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Personalized learning lets Champlain Valley Union High School sophomore Bella Curtis study toward a certificate in horse management. We have to engage in a movement,” Susan Patrick, CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group known as iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning), told the cheering crowd of 3,000 true believers.

Advocacy 86

Advocacy Learning Conference Common Core 86

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Hatcher’s commitment to providing equitable opportunities for all students, including those with diverse needs, led him to offer services that cater to both traditional and online learning environments, recognizing that some students require different support structures for academic success. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5

Edmentum 94

Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 94

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a charter advocacy group, issued a document in 2016 along with two other organizations asking states to establish performance-based funding systems that pay virtual charters based on metrics like course completion and calling on charter authorizers to close chronically underperforming schools.

E-rate 121

E-rate Pearson Company Report 121

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Equal access to online learning opportunities has continued to be a challenge, with the focus expanding beyond access to devices and hotspots and now including high-speed access for all students. Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment.

Technology 90

Technology Blended Learning BYOD Assessment 90

eSchool News

JULY 8, 2015

A new paper by advocacy and policy org iNacol explores how blended learning is being used in practice and traces its history from 2008 to today. Students might rotate in the same physical classroom space, move to a computer lab, or independently switch activities based on personal learning goals.

Blended Learning 40

Blended Learning Report Case Study Advocacy 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. By contrast, some districts had been bolstering their use of online learning for several years, including Lindsay Unified in California’s Central Valley, known as a pioneer in digital-learning circles. Coronavirus gave many just days.

Learning 67

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 109

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”.

Study 136

Study Data Report Elementary 136

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

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.

Learning 79

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 79

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A New Hampshire student shows one of his assignments to his mother, biology teacher and math teacher during a personalized learning meeting. Related: Personalized learning: How kids are getting into college by mastering their skills. Photo: Emily Richmond for The Hechinger Report. That’s a tall order from states.

Blended Learning 40

Blended Learning Policies Education Advocacy 40

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In most cases, schools are turning to third parties for help building out their core and non-core content right now, said Allison Powell, VP for new learning models at iNACOL , the nonprofit blended learning advocacy group. Powell points to Facebook’s recent move into the K-12 space as an example.

LMS 40

LMS Blended Learning Advocacy Company 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning. It just depends.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Nationwide, K-12 schools are leading a fledgling “net-zero” building boom that has grown from a few proof-of-concept structures a decade ago to hundreds of buildings completed or under construction.

Elementary 105

Elementary Learning Data Report 105

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

The one successful person in my family was a nurse.”. She also referred Hernandez to an advocacy center at BMCC where she could apply for food, counseling and emergency funds. Last spring, Hernandez passed both the midterm and final that she and many other students had missed in March when the school shut down in-person learning.

Study 96

Study Report Course Dropout 96

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. Surveys and interviews routinely find that many students prefer learning directly from teachers and get tired of looking at screens. MESA, Ariz.

Learning 121

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 121

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

“ Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive? ” (This is a good example of how ed-tech advocacy-posing-as-journalism operates – you get funded by an organization and then you get to “break the news” about that organization. “School shooters leave clues.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

. “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.” ” Boy, it seems as though “personalized learning” is really just code for “virtual charter schools.”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

They decided to “personalize” learning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work? What is personalized learning?

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. It looks unlike any school I ever attended. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

Personalized Learning 96

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Most states have something on the books to encourage competency-based options, but only about a half-dozen have loosened seat-time dictates enough to dispense with grade levels, according to Matt Williams, chief operating officer and vice president of policy and advocacy for the personalized-learning nonprofit KnowledgeWorks.

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Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111