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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

From Testing to Triumphant Learning with Pam Moran. So you wouldn’t find, for example, with technology — Albemarle has been in a one-to-one environment for a number of years now, as has Charlottesville City. They flipped to one-to-one sometime around 2002. Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher.

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As diagnoses rise, more colleges add services for students with autism

The Hechinger Report

Not a lot of places have programs for kids with this sort of interesting cluster of challenges,” said Geoff Calkins, who learned this when he was searching for a college with his son Andrew. The first autism support program in the United States began at Marshall University in West Virginia in 2002.

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How a New Hampshire school uses personalization to put the tools in the hands of the learners

The Hechinger Report

The demand for making the learning experience responsive to every student’s individual learning needs is accelerating. Personalization is a growing focus for policy development, technology applications and educational marketing. Related: Opinion How do teachers know if they are getting personalized learning right?

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Join Us for the Third Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 23rd, 2018 in Boston

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Share best programs and practices in advocating for and implementing global learning initiatives with educators around the country and the world. in Education Technology program at Long Island University. Receive resources and generate new ideas that can help you make immediate changes in your educational context.

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The community college “segregation machine”

The Hechinger Report

The professor was teaching basic math skills that the 18-year-old had already learned in high school. Who goes to college to learn what they were doing in high school?” Rodriguez finished his summer statistics class with a B and is now taking English and automotive technology classes. Eventually, he dropped out too.

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Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

A child rides a bike on the playground at Global Connections Learning Center in Jackson. Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. Access to technology is another funding-related struggle. “If The currency change happened in 2002.

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Students on the autism spectrum are often as smart as their peers — so why do so few go to college?

The Hechinger Report

The increase in the number of young people diagnosed with autism in the last 14 years has been staggering — from one in 152 in 2002 to an estimated one in 68 today. Related: More people with autism are getting training for technology jobs. Classes have also discussed self-advocacy, including if, when and how to disclose a disability.

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