The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit is in its final week. For the next eight days we'll be publishing three special 30-minute video interviews each day with an amazing set of learning experts (see below), for a total of 24 interviews (and maybe a surprise bonus interview or two). See all of the speakers here.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2021

Despite myriad challenges schools faced during the pandemic, many will come out of it with richer approaches to teaching and learning. COVID’s impact on schools was so substantial that Congress established the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). Action 1: Spend Money on Long-Term Initiatives.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 30, 2011

For the past 3 years CoSN has been involved in a project which is called " Participatory Learning in Schools: Leadership and Policy." MacArthur Foundation and is included in the Foundation''s digital media and learning program. What does "participatory learning" actually mean, and how does it intersect with digital media?

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Learning Policies Secondary Handbook 73

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

To be sure, ongoing ill will over NCLB influenced the bitter, drawn-out negotiations over the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which became ESSA (NCLB was also a reauthorization of the 1965 act). Related: The Every Student Succeeds Act includes some new ideas on how to train better teachers. Monday, Sept.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

His school and his state are trailblazers in personalized learning, a method that tailors instruction to students’ individual interests and learning speeds. Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. About 20 other states sprinkled elements of personalized learning into their plans.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 25, 2015

The Definition Of Heutagogy & Self-Determined Learning. Ed note: This is part 1 in a series on self-determined learning from Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon. Stewart’s site, Heutagogy Community of Practice , is a useful resource for reading on Self-Determined Learning. . by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon.

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Education Industry Training System 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

With people of color expected to make up a quarter of the state’s population by 2035, these gaps represent an economic threat to Minnesota; unless more residents get to and through college, there won’t be enough qualified workers to fill the jobs that require a post-secondary degree or certificate. “[O]ur They are still behind .

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

New literacy efforts are evolving via NGO’s like Pratham , whose mission is “every child in school and learning well,” while Round Table India claims to have built one classroom a day for the last 10 years, including a new a community school serving an isolated tribal village. Singh never learned to take an exam and fell way behind.

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MindShift

MAY 14, 2018

When kids are really excited about school,” Kloczko said, “they are happier and they tend to learn more.” Modern elementary and secondary house systems aren’t just a California thing. Dan Green helped launch a house system at California’s Goleta Valley Junior High in 2003. Samantha Shanahan/KQED).

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2016

“Students who share racial and/or gender characteristics with their teachers tend to report higher levels of personal effort, happiness in class, feeling cared for, student-teacher communication, post-secondary motivation, and academic engagement.”. Related: This may be the best way to train teachers, but can we afford it?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 31, 2021

Learn more about my books, printables, and online courses here. Where my train metaphorically derailed and I lost sight of the destination. Circumstances are really kind of secondary. When I say I’ve spent every day of my adult life thinking about teaching and learning even on vacation, I really mean it.

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Training Social Media Classroom System 52

MindShift

JULY 30, 2015

It’s not uncommon to find professional educators who look down on homeschooling as a way of circumventing learning standards, seeing it as a path chosen mostly by families wanting to include religion in their children’s education. In many districts those savings are pumped into secondary instruction, which is more expensive to provide.

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Robotics Blended Learning Secondary Training 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

We''ve got lots of training going on for presenters and volunteer moderators; we''ve got the amazing Nikki Ugalde doing special training sessions in both English and Spanish; we''ve got an awesome set of sponsors , partner organizations , and advisory board members (and we can always use more!) More information in presenting HERE.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

“It was really looking yourself in the mirror and saying, ‘Which four in 10 students don’t deserve to learn to read?'” Silva didn’t know anything about how children learn to read or how they should be taught, so he started searching online. “This is the most studied aspect of human learning.”

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Training Elementary Report Study 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Since 2008, it has spent almost $60 million to hire an additional 270 counselors and provide professional development training at 365 low-income middle and high schools throughout the state, via grants from the Colorado School Counselor Corps. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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