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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

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Research around differentiated instruction confirms this is true. If you can adapt your instruction to reflect your students’ needs and learning preferences, you can make class time more effective and help students become more engaged. What is Differentiated Instruction? Sounds familiar?

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More than a passion project, literacy advocacy takes a village

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In 2010, when I came to work for the family business for my second career act, I put on a new hat as the president of the Follett Educational Foundation. The National School Board Association reports that population of students performed two to three grade levels below their white peers in reading and math.

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Three Things We Learned at Khan Academy Over the Last Decade

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I made three assumptions back in 2010 that still hold sway today. I think we all knew, even back then, that technology could one day deliver on the long-held dream of helping teachers to differentiate instruction for every student. Stay tuned for other reflections in the coming weeks. Today, 99% of U.S.

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Renaissance Offers Unlimited, Free Access to More Than 6,500 Digital Books and News Articles

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To help teachers make the most of their free week of myON, Renaissance is making available its latest What Kids Are Reading report, featuring lists of popular titles on the myON platform. We’re excited to be part of an even larger community celebrating reading across the nation this February.”. Evans, M., About Renaissance.

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Teachers: Don’t Feel Guilty About What You Can’t Do. The System Needs to Change.

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I stepped out of the classroom in 2010 to work on education systems change at the state and national level, learning from creative public educators across the country. Students collaborated, constructed their designs, collected data, wrote reports and gave presentations. Students wanted to come to class, and they were learning deeply.

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Renaissance Offers Unlimited, Free Access to More Than 6,500 Digital Books and News Articles

eSchool News

To help teachers make the most of their free week of myON, Renaissance is making available its latest What Kids Are Reading report, featuring lists of popular titles on the myON platform. We’re excited to be part of an even larger community celebrating reading across the nation this February.”. Evans, M., About Renaissance.

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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

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But for others, the teacher is still central to the picture, using technology as a means to support differentiated instruction. School leaders hope that the support and understandings shared by people they view as experts will help teachers learn how to perfect personalized-learning instruction. Graphic credit: Jenny Abamu.