Digital Promise

APRIL 18, 2017

Districts across the nation are exploring a new approach to professional learning to meet the evolving needs of today’s diverse classrooms and the educators who lead them. As the above graphic shows, some of these factors include complexity of the skill, association with organizations and providers, and alignment to district priorities.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

Regardless of what your content area is, computer science and the use of technology are an integral part of our students’ learning,” Eric Anderson, math instructor at KM Perform, a charter school within the Kettle Moraine School District in Wisconsin, told ISTE. “It MORE FROM EDTECH: Top tools to teach STEM in K–12.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2017

The League of Innovative Schools team had the opportunity to visit multiple districts in the first quarter of 2017 — and we have so much more to see! While the highlights of each of these visits are vast, below are five amazing schools we visited in League districts that are educating students in creative, forward-thinking ways.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 19, 2019

For example, school districts like Hillsborough County, Florida, an epicenter of Race to the Top teaching evaluation reforms, invested considerably (with support from the Gates Foundation) in both test-based metrics and an increased number of annual classroom teacher observations, using both administrators and peer evaluators.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2017

Mentor Public Schools is a suburban district 20 miles east of Cleveland, Ohio, which serves 7,650 preK-12 students across 42 square miles. Throughout the district, traditional rows of desks have been updated and replaced with flexible learning spaces. The district-wide implementation and emphasis on blended learning was strategic.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 11, 2017

Emerging research suggests this approach has promise, but there is still limited evidence to help district leaders identify which strategies will be most successful. Districts that recruited and engaged parents in advance of the program were ultimately more successful in engaging students throughout the summer. READ THE REPORT.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine School District (KMSD) is featured in the Future Ready Leaders project’s professional learning resources as one of the nation’s leaders in personalized learning. The project is showcased on the Department of Education’s website.) These are: Collaborative leadership. Personalized student learning.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In response to the President’s call for commitments to computer science education for all , 37 school district across the country — from Vermont to Alaska — ­have committed to offering high­ quality computer science (CS) and computational thinking curriculum to over one million students. Coordinating with the private sector.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 30, 2015

Through our work with the League of Innovative Schools , a national coalition of 57 forward-thinking school districts, we know that the success and failure of technology initiatives are not black-and-white. In fact, our districts rarely even distinguish between a “technology” initiative and a “learning" initiative.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

“Bottom-up innovation requires top-down support,” said Pat Deklotz, superintendent at Kettle Moraine School District , in Wisconsin. Bottom up innovation requires top down support, #MC4PD. — pat deklotz (@PDeklotz) January 30, 2015.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 1, 2019

For example, the FCC set a minimum goal of 100 kbps of Internet bandwidth in 2014, which is now met by 98% of school districts. As you prepare your school district’s annual budget, here are three tips for technology planning that all school leaders should keep in mind: 1. HIGH BANDWIDTH: 1.2 Access Points per classrooms.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2016

Districts across this country vary in size, demographics, and priorities. Here are a few key takeaways from the work taking place in each of these leaders’ districts that empowers student success. In Kettle Moraine School District , all students have the opportunity to find the route that helps them learn best.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

At a separate session, the chief technology officer of San Francisco Unified School District said that “students shouldn’t be in front of devices or using technology 24/7, because we want them to be engaging with each other, collaborating and problem-solving and developing their communication skills. His fellow panelist concurred.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2017

Faith Lincicum, Effectiveness Coach for the Waukesha School District in Wisconsin says, “The design loop allows our students to develop a growth mindset. I am continually amazed at how willing students are to attack a problem over and over until they find a solution that works.”

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

For example, South Fayette Township School District implemented computational thinking projects at every grade level, and Piedmont City School District uses competency-based learning so students can work at their own pace. Many school districts across the country now provide STEM curricula at all grade levels.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 19, 2015

Through our work with the League of Innovative Schools , a national coalition of 57 forward-thinking school districts, we know that the success and failure of technology initiatives are not black-and-white. In fact, our districts rarely even distinguish between a “technology” initiative and a “learning” initiative. Probably not.

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Digital Promise

MAY 3, 2017

Kettle Moraine School District (KMSD) , the district where I teach, recognizes micro-credentials as a form of professional development through a compensation incentive for teachers who earn them. Micro-credentials offer teachers personalized, flexible, and rigorous professional development.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

School districts spend a lot of money on trainings for educators, but the returns on that investment are not always clear. Adamczyk appreciated learning from colleagues who teach various ages across the district, all with valuable ideas he could try. KETTLE MORAINE. ’ Megan Sayas, third-grade teacher.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

school district’s sixth-grade-only school. By nine school district superintendents from nine states. public school districts spend a combined $8 billion on instructional materials while trying to ensure that schools receive the maximum value for their money. Students at Lovett Elementary, the Clinton, Miss.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” Via the Journal Sentinel : “More than 300 Kettle Moraine parents sign petition against online learning platform.” ” Education Week on an initiative in the San Francisco school district : “A Bold Effort to End Algebra Tracking Shows Promise.” ” (So yeah. .”

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