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[Guest Post] The Future of Learning is Now

Education Elements

As he spoke, it became clear to me that the only way to have an impact on the K-12 education industry (a $650 billion business at last count) was to introduce the use of technology to improve its product and increase its productivity. Innosight Institute later changed its name to the Clayton Christensen Institute.).

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What do at-risk students, English language learners and adult college students have in common?

The Hechinger Report

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. The April issue’s theme was “Nontraditional learning.”

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Will “school choice on steroids” get a boost under a Trump administration?

The Hechinger Report

As states around the country try to prepare more students for college and careers, they are working to provide more students with access to advanced classes, particularly in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). They want them at school learning. Read more about blended learning. It’s their identity.”. (In