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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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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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School of Dreams

A Principal's Reflections

After meeting my wife in 2002, I moved to Staten Island, NY and resided there for thirteen years. An entire staff that believes in the power of being connected and the importance of having a Personal Learning Network ( PLN ). As many people know I am originally from the Northeastern part of the United States.

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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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How the COVID crisis caused K-12 to rethink testing

EmergingEdTech

In the spring of 2020, school closures forced the cancellation of state summative assessments in all 50 states for the first time since the No Child Left Behind era began in 2002. A new study by the National Education Association (NEA) reports that 55% of America’s teachers say they are ready to leave the profession due to burn out.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. SchoolNet helped many of these districts—and benefitted as well.

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

The Hechinger Report

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

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