Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards.

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

. — When Mary Fair became a teacher in 2012, her classes often contained a mix of special education students and general education students. Placing children with and without disabilities in the same classroom, instead of segregating them, was a growing national trend, spurred on by lawsuits by special education advocates.

Training 40

Training Elementary Report Course 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Independence Academy is one of 33 so-called recovery schools in the United States, public high schools that serve students whose lives and educations have been derailed by drug abuse. In Brockton – a once-prosperous town called “shoe city” until the last of its footwear factories closed in 2009 – drugs are plentiful.

Report 69

Report Meeting Study Data 69

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Evidence of a lesson on how to communicate effectively remains on the Hope Academy whiteboard. The theory has gained traction among alternative schools, and now mainstream educators are beginning to see its value. It would have been easy for educators in this middle class town to feel they were doing well enough. SEQUIM, Wash.

Report 93

Report Handbook Academic Standards Study 93