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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

They flipped to one-to-one sometime around 2002. A key component of the division’s project-based instructional model is its maker curriculum, which has been the subject of presentations by division educators around the country, including at the White House. You know, Charlottesville is the center of Albemarle County.

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

The Hechinger Report

Since its inception in 2002, Making Community Connections Charter School (MC 2 ) has been committed to personalizing learning. Today’s education and cognitive scientists affirm that every learner has a dynamic profile of strengths and challenges that impacts their learning journey.

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Since 2002 she has led the organization through significant national expansion, reaching more than 655,000 middle and high school youth and 4,500 educators across 25 states and 5 countries, from offices based in Minneapolis, San Francisco, and New York.

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Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. Our best and brightest are realizing the barriers present in Mississippi aren’t universal in this country.”. The currency change happened in 2002. Jan Richardson, a parent in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

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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. The number of young people diagnosed with autism in the last 14 years has risen from one in 152 in 2002 to an estimated one in 68 today.

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Since 2002, Mortenson has led the organization through significant national expansion, reaching more than 655,000 middle and high school youth and 4,500 educators across 25 states and 5 countries, from offices based in Minneapolis, San Francisco, and New York. He has presented at many conferences in North America, Asia, and Europe.

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Positive Behavior Supports Creating Meaningful Life Options for People with ASD

Digital Promise

A support model mirrors the field of general medicine in which many chronic conditions are also not curable at present. Keynote address presented at the annual conference of the Autism Society of America, Scottsdale, Ariz. A one-size-fits-all approach is short-sighted. References. Carr, E.G. (2007a, July). Carr, E.G. (2007b).

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