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IXL Learning Agrees to Acquire Wyzant Tutoring Marketplace

eSchool News

IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform used by 11 million students, today announced it has agreed to acquire Wyzant , the nation’s largest marketplace for online tutoring. Wyzant seamlessly connects students to the perfect tutor for online or in-person lessons geared toward their unique needs.

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Most families have given up virtual school, but what about students who are still thriving online?

The Hechinger Report

Even as doors reopened to brick-and-mortar schools, administrators here saw the continued need for a virtual option in response to lingering concerns about Covid and to feedback from some parents that their children had thrived in online learning. The district assigned 10 full-time teachers to provide live, online classes via Zoom.

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IXL, Wyzant and Miami-Dade County Public Schools Partner to Provide Personalized Math Instruction

eSchool News

. — December 7, 2021 — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by more than 12 million students, announced an agreement with Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) to supply two of its award-winning platforms to the district’s 334,000 students and 17,500 teachers. About IXL Learning.

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Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

The Hechinger Report

McKneely was a teacher at Edna Karr High School in New Orleans when the 2005 hurricane devastated the city and closed his school for months. So far, the pandemic has revealed the challenges of conducting education remotely as well as uneven access to Wi-Fi and devices such as laptops. This story also appeared in The Huffington Post.

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Digital Portfolios + Micro-credentials = Massive Impact for Students & Teachers

Digital Promise

Now that we have powerful, easy-to-use design tools and a capacity for worldwide publishing, we have an opportunity to restore the dignity and integrity of a work ethic by redefining the role of the learner as a contributor to the learning culture. — Alan November, Who Owns the Learning. 2005, September). 3] Patrick, S.,

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How to Work Remotely When Your Office Closes for Coronavirus — Or Any Time.

Edsurge

at least half-time grew 115 percent between 2005 and 2017. Are you required to provide your own internet access? Humanizing remote work is just as important as humanizing online learning, but more on that later! The landscape has changed a lot since then, according to Flexjobs analysis of data from the U.S.

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From Static to Interactive and From Open to Free: Consequences Both Intended and Unintended

Iterating Toward Openness

Despite popular rhetoric along the lines of “you can’t learn from materials you can’t afford,” their rather ingenious experiment showed that increasing access to learning materials by adopting OER instead of traditionally copyrighted resources (TCM) will almost never measurably improve learning.