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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Highlight Key Elements for Success in Personalized Learning

The PL2C Blog

Charlotte, NC – Today The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University’s College of Education and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) released an in-depth case study on CMS’ Personalized Learning (PL) efforts. Whole child and social and emotional learning (SEL).

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What Is Universal Design for Learning ?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Supports Personalized Learning: UDL allows for personalized instruction that meets individual student needs, enhancing learning outcomes. 2007), mathematics (Kortering, McClannon, & Braziel, 2008), science (Dymond et al.,2006; Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities , 31, 293-308.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

This change remained in appropriations language from FY 2007 through FY 2011. FY 2007 $273,100,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). State Strategies and Practices for Educational Technology: Volume I – Examining the Enhancing Education Through Technology Program (SRI International, 2007).

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. Learning and Individual Differences , 23,72–79. Adaptive teaching in literacy instruction: Case studies of two teachers.

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Is strength-based learning a “magic bullet?”

The Hechinger Report

They’re among the 10 “talent themes,” or strengths, used to underpin learning in the school district here. Starting in preschool, teachers try to spot students’ natural talents; by kindergarten, each child’s top strengths appear on a “personalized learning plan,” a new type of report card.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

I had never seen kids so in charge of their learning.”. Related: What if personalized learning was less about me and more about us? In 2007, Maine’s then-commissioner, Susan Gendron, invited DeLorenzo to speak at a summer conference for superintendents in Bar Harbor. I was fascinated by it,” he said. “I

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