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UMass Will Build a National Online College. But What About Its Previous Online Offshoot?

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But the announcement fails to mention that the University of Massachusetts already runs an extensive online-learning operation, known as UMassOnline , which was started in 2001 and currently serves more than 20,000 students. So how will this new effort be different?

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From the Marine Corps to the Classroom

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I served for four years of active service, and I actually finished my service the week of September 11, 2001. Crew, a retail company. Crew store in Malibu, the company had me traveling around the country doing corporate brand training for them. But I did really well. I started working part-time for J.

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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

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Elsewhere, in San Antonio, Texas, several local school districts joined with partners, such as city officials and private companies, for Connected Beyond the Classroom, an initiative to bring home broadband to 20,000 students. Having students be able to create and not just consume is huge.” Ashley LaCroix, a school technology integrator.

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Why ‘Black Box’ Software Isn’t Ready to Teach College

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She pioneered the use of adaptive learning in college teaching, starting the Online Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University more than 15 years ago, and she sees how powerful it can be in a classroom. But she has real ambivalence about how adaptive learning is moving from the laboratory to the classroom.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.” And there’s a blog post on Medium , because I guess someone thinks it’s a good idea for the Office of Ed Tech to outsource its website to a for-profit company. Edsurge was there too.

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

The Hechinger Report

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. “It’s not something we’re going to make up in a summer or in a year. It’s a long road of recovery.” Whitney Oakley, Guilford County Schools.

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Is the pandemic our chance to reimagine education for students with disabilities?

The Hechinger Report

A graduate of Detroit Public Schools and the first in her family to earn a bachelor’s degree, Vaughn adopted a newborn named Daniel in 2001 and, later, his biological younger brother, Jacob. Though his students learn from home, Albert Morales is still delivering instruction from his classroom. Credit: Albert Morales.

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