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Kids Don’t Fail, Schools Fail Kids: Sir Ken Robinson on the 'Learning Revolution'

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So, why then is personalized learning a non-negotiable? The problems tends to arise when kids go to school because the deeper they get in, the more they start to lose interest,” Robinson said, pointing to the United States’ large student dropout percentage as evidence that school—as a system—is failing students.

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

The Hechinger Report

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

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Pods live on: School districts are using the pandemic-era invention to help kids recover from ‘learning loss’

The Hechinger Report

In 2010, Central Falls made national news again when the entire staff of the city’s only high school was fired as part of “turnaround” effort to raise its perennially low test scores. Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff. They’ve been through a lot,” said Rubio.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. In 2010, Rhode Island won a four-year, $75 million grant from Race to the Top. Weekly Update.

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Education's Online Futures

Hack Education

There was all that ink spilled circa 2010 that Khan Academy and “ flipped learning ” were going to “ change the rules of education ,” replacing in-class instruction with online videos watched as homework. Meanwhile, the state has cleared the company to become a dropout recovery school.

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