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What if students could study what they love, at a pace that suits their needs?

The Hechinger Report

Educators, researchers and advocates still quibble over the precise definition of personalized learning, but most agree on this much: In these classrooms teachers don’t pass out identical worksheets and tests to every student. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Why I Still Believe in the iPad’s Positive Impact on Classrooms

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The computers were equipped with educational software and wireless connectivity. The MLTI (Maine Learning Technology Initiative) program coevolved with the technology available. All 7th and 8th grade students, and their teachers, were provided with Apple 12-inch iBooks.

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. While some license holders leased their spectrum in the 1980s and ’90s, the market for it remained somewhat sluggish until 2004, when the FCC changed the permitted use for that part of the spectrum from television to internet and renamed it EBS.