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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

At one point, five kids in the class were on YouTube, watching videos that were definitely not part of the curriculum. If he had to choose between learning from a computer or learning from a teacher, he said he’d choose the teacher. Eleven-year-old DeVonté Trask was busy playing a typing game on the computer.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I Bourret’s learning curve when it came to personalized learning is pretty typical for teachers, said Chris Liang-Vergara, who was then serving as LEAP’s chief of learning innovation.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. I’ve never seen him react to school so well.”.

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What Lessons Does Special Education Hold for Improving Personalized Learning?

MindShift

Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I Bourret’s learning curve when it came to personalized learning is pretty typical for teachers, said Chris Liang-Vergara, who was then serving as LEAP’s chief of learning innovation. It’s definitely not always rainbows and sunshine,” said Liang-Vergara.

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How much will it take to reopen, catch up kids, and save public schooling long term?

The Hechinger Report

Patrick Miller is the superintendent of Greene County Schools, a district in North Carolina that he describes as “poor and rural by every definition.” The district started transitioning to remote learning in March of last year. Credit: Facebook/Patrick Miller.

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

The Hechinger Report

At the meeting, a special education teacher had recommended taking the boy out of Martin Elementary School, in a town 10 miles southwest, and placing him in Georgia’s Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, or GNETS, a statewide system for children with “emotional and behavioral disorders.”.

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Rural areas have been slow to connect to broadband. More public funding could speed things up

The Hechinger Report

Under pressure from all sides to finally achieve the goals outlined in the 2010 National Broadband Plan , the FCC continues to roll out programs and funding to get the whole country online. This internet speed, enough to use email and host a small group video call, accommodates just a fraction of the tools needed for online learning.

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