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10 districts that have seen big blended learning success

eSchool News

Edgenuity highlights schools, districts implementing blended learning. As schools and districts try to better meet the needs of students with different learning styles, blended learning programs are becoming increasingly popular. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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Study: One-to-One Laptop Programs Improve Student Learning

Doug Levin

Employed measures of academic achievement that were standardized assessments or norm-referenced district- or school-wide tests; Reported the duration of the study; and, Otherwise provided sufficient statistical data to calculate effect sizes.

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In this New Hampshire high school, internships shape the future of learning

The Hechinger Report

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. New Hampshire did this, for all schools, in 2005. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Nearly half of education-vendor websites tested had security problems, audit reveals

The Hechinger Report

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. “We More than 780 breaches in schools, resulting in the disclosure of more than 14,790,000 records, have been reported since 2005, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse , a California-based nonprofit consumer advocate. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Just who are the people behind today’s educational software?

The Hechinger Report

Over the next week or so, The Hechinger Report will be publishing excerpts from Richard Whitmire’s book On the Rocketship: How Top Charter Schools are Pushing the Envelope. In this first installment, software engineer Ben Slivka — inspired by science fiction — dreamed of creating truly adaptive learning software.

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Carnegie Learning Gets a Makeover After Private Equity Investment

Edsurge

Carnegie Learning currently offers online math courseware for middle, high-school and college students, along with accompanying print textbooks as part of its blended-learning programs. In 2005, EMC was acquired for $44 million by private equity firm Wicks Group, which later acquired JIST in 2007.

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To build a New Hampshire learning community, the community must join with teachers and students

The Hechinger Report

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Also, Manchester is the biggest city in New Hampshire, a state that transitioned fully to competency-based education in 2005, and many other schools there use internships as part of their programs. Read more about Blended Learning.