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All ninth graders study at the local 4-H center in this Maine district

The Hechinger Report

“This style of learning, this family atmosphere that we have here, it’s a real positive in kids’ lives,” Dole said. David Murphy, who has served as the district’s superintendent since 2002 (and has worked in the district since 1984), explained that the approach was born of necessity. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Personalized learning and Common Core: Mortal enemies?

The Hechinger Report

It’s a dilemma facing a growing number of schools and districts that have jumped onto a new tech-fueled trend in education known as “personalized learning.”. Most personalized learning advocates wouldn’t disagree.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Integrated Studies of Educational Technology: Implementing the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund – Educational Technology State Grants Program (Review Copy) (American Institutes for Research, 2002) **Note: Despite the fact that the report was conducted under the direction of the U.S. ” How would the program operate?

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How Data Science Adds Computational Thinking—and Fun—to Gym Class

Edsurge

In the fall of 2002, the Oakland Athletics shattered a 55-year-old record with twenty consecutive games won. When we set out to design an engaging kickball unit for our middle school students, we asked ourselves how we could learn from the 2002 A’s. By applying rich data analysis to the sport, a practice known as sabermetrics.

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Can Personalized Learning Flourish Within A Traditional System?

MindShift

It’s a dilemma facing a growing number of schools and districts that have jumped onto a new tech-fueled trend in education known as “personalized learning.”. Most personalized learning advocates wouldn’t disagree.

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Learning Styles: Fact or Fiction? What This Decades-Old Theory Can Teach Us

Waterford

Is There Evidence to Support Different Types of Learning Styles? What do the experts say about learning styles? One of the biggest barriers to studying different learning styles in the classroom is that they are hard to reliably measure.[3] Where does this leave learning styles in terms of practical use?

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When His Roster Outgrew His Classroom, This Prof Mastered Modular Online Curriculum

Edsurge

Right before the start of the Fall semester in 2002, Robertson learned that the 400-seat movie theater that held his Principles of Marketing class at San Francisco State University would no longer be available. Different students have different approaches to learning, he says. His choice: modular learning.

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