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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Photo: TARA GARCIA MATHEWSON/The Hechinger Report. CHICAGO — By Marquell Brown’s count, he has been locked up “roughly 42 times” since 2009. Sophia Jones-Redmond, superintendent of the district, which serves students from ages 13 to 21, said that a blended-learning model has been a major factor in this success.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

An increasing amount of data around personalized educational models like "blended learning" and content-specific software suggests that edtech makes instruction in diverse classrooms more efficient. Venture funding in the edtech sector has increased from $385 million in 2009 to an expected $2 billion this year.

EdTech

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Better Edtech Budgeting: How Yuma Elementary District Makes The Most of Its Money

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report. During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs.

Elementary

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Why I Still Believe in the iPad’s Positive Impact on Classrooms

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads. Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009. So, what happened?

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Making America whole again via civics education

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2017

Founded in 2009 by the retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, iCivics also offers readings and standards-aligned lesson plans about the Constitution, the three branches of government, media and influence, and many other topics. Read more about Blended Learning.

Education

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Colorado hybrid school taps into personalized learning

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

PGA partners with Fuel Education (FuelEd), which provides personalized learning solutions designed to enable schools and districts to implement successful online and blended learning programs. Material from a press release was used in this report.

Personalized Learning

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Micro-Credentials: Taking PD to the next level

The Thinking Stick

OCTOBER 2, 2017

In a report recently released by the American Institutes for Research , we find that Micro-Credentials are showing to be a powerful force in changing professional development for educators. Although the research around Micro-Credentials continues, the report points to five lessons learned so far.

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India tries coding camps, craft centers and all-girls schools to fight illiteracy

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Photo: Kim Palmer for The Hechinger Report. And despite India’s push to guarantee a good education to all children between the ages of 6 and 14 under the country’s Right to Education Act of 2009, most students will not finish school. Photo: Kim Palmer for The Hechinger Report. Photo:Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report.

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5 Trends to Watch in 2011

The Electric Educator

JANUARY 24, 2011

Blended Learning is the combination of face to face and online instruction. The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that "the rate at which Americans went online with their handheld on a typical day increased by 73% in the sixteen months between the 2007 and 2009 surveys."Both

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Personalized learning: How kids are getting into college by mastering their skills

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Students work on individual projects in the blended-learning classroom of Jessica Anderson, in Deer Lodge, Montana. Meanwhile, SNHU’s enrollment increased from 2,000 students in 2009 to 34,000 by 2014 and continues to climb. Photo: Jessica Anderson. One journalist dubbed SNHU as the Amazon of higher education.

Personalized Learning

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The potential, promise and pitfalls of blended learning in India

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

The setting seems highly unlikely for an innovation like blended learning to take root. So why is there so much optimism about blended learning as a solution? The education nonprofit, which provides after-school programs, designed its own blended learning model and apps to work anywhere in the world.

Blended Learning

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

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

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 Hechinger Report.

Competency Based Learning

Competency Based Learning Common Core Personalized Learning Study

Presentations and portfolios take the place of tests for some students

The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2016

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. That said, a recent city report found City-As-School sets high standards and holds students to them, emphasizing “rigorous habits and higher-order skills.” “These kids as individuals all had something go wrong in their education,” she said.

Assessment

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What's on the Horizon (Still, Again, Always) for Ed-Tech

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative have released the latest NMC Horizon Report for Higher Education. I have written quite a bit about the problems (as I see them) with the Horizon Report, most recently in a talk I gave last fall at VCU: “ The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release.”

Learning Analytics

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Key Digital Skills for 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Richard Riley, Secretary of Education under Clinton, quoted in Trilling & Fadel, 2009, p. They can be used in flipped classrooms or in blended learning environments. And yes there several tools and platforms that allow you to create game-base quizzes and assessments and track students performance through analytic reports.

Assessment

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

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The growth of “Course Choice” initiatives in various states was chronicled in depth by The Hechinger Report last year, in this story from our archives. — They want them at school learning. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Switching sides in the teacher wars

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. The Hechinger Report is an independent unit of Teachers College.) Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. From 2009 to 2015, Gist embarked on an ambitious mission to reform education in a state tiny enough to make it a perfect petri dish for quick and dramatic change.

Common Core

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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

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Better Edtech Budgeting: How Yuma Elementary District Makes The Most of Its Money

Why I Still Believe in the iPad’s Positive Impact on Classrooms

Making America whole again via civics education

Colorado hybrid school taps into personalized learning

Micro-Credentials: Taking PD to the next level

India tries coding camps, craft centers and all-girls schools to fight illiteracy

5 Trends to Watch in 2011

Personalized learning: How kids are getting into college by mastering their skills

The potential, promise and pitfalls of blended learning in India

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

Presentations and portfolios take the place of tests for some students

What's on the Horizon (Still, Again, Always) for Ed-Tech

Key Digital Skills for 21st Century Teachers

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

Switching sides in the teacher wars

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