Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools serve as examples of how forward-thinking leadership can transform learning. As the superintendent in Piedmont, a rural district in northeast Alabama, Akin and his team have worked hard to provide all students with an education that prepares them for the modern global economy.

Competency Based Learning 120

Competency Based Learning Learning Laptops Mobility 120

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools serve as examples of how forward-thinking leadership can transform learning. As the superintendent in Piedmont, a rural district in northeast Alabama, Akin and his team have worked hard to provide all students with an education that prepares them for the modern global economy.

Competency Based Learning 120

Competency Based Learning Learning Laptops Accessibility 120

Education Elements

JUNE 8, 2016

The Jaquelin Hume Foundation’s mission is to accelerate the implementation of high quality blended/personalized learning in America’s schools. All the while, it was obvious to me that urgent measures had to be taken to radically transform the educational opportunities America’s children had as they entered the 21st century.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Learning Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning 100

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

If the President-elect’s Tweet storms are any indication, education policies are in for an adventure next year. The nominated Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, is also an unabashed advocate of school choice. President Obama allowed the program to expire in 2009, but it was reauthorized for five years in 2011.

Education 60

Education Policies Competency Based Learning Advocacy 60

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2020

Thirty-eight percent of first-time students transfer schools within their first six years, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. From 2004 to 2009, transfer students on average lost 43 percent of their credits—basically a semester’s worth. In order to tackle higher education’s credit-transfer challenge, the U.S.

System 101

System Outcomes Competency Based Learning Course 101

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Even though it’s emerged as a national model for 21st-century rural education , it’s still difficult for a district like Piedmont to navigate the growing and expansive ed-tech marketplace. There is strong leadership from the superintendent and middle school principal, focused on using technology to power personalized learning.

Study 120

Study Laptops Competency Based Learning Policies 120

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

. — Remi Savard is one of the last students at Montpelier High School who remembers what class was like before the school switched to a proficiency-based model three years ago. “If Now, Savard says, learning targets are clearer, and there’s more opportunity to truly understand the material. It’s better than it was.”. It’s gone.”.

Learning 82

Learning System Report Outcomes 82