Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2021

Because, as helpful as it was for me, funding programs that help students finance and find their way through selective learning opportunities isn’t a solution that can operate at anywhere near the scale needed to serve the millions of underserved learners now facing the same precarious journey as I once was.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 22, 2018

Consumers desire and seek out such businesses, so why wouldn’t an educational institution offer the same for today’s students? By positioning yourself as an entrepreneurial institution that not only values a superior educational experience, but also provides first-rate student care, profit will be a natural byproduct.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

As schools reckon with learning equity, they’re often focused on academic progress. Across the nation, district equity discussions include how schools must examine current biases from bus stops to classroom materials to educator and staff expectations. and “Are they learning enough?” LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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Waterford

MARCH 4, 2021

When families are engaged in their child’s education, everyone benefits. Student scores improve, families become empowered, and educators can build healthier school communities. The idea is to build the partnering capacity of both families and educators while using their unique strengths to create a stronger school community.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

7 Mindsets, the pioneer in delivering social emotional learning (SEL) solutions that include mindsets, equity and multicultural pedagogy, is taking on an expanded role in the SEL delivered by K12, Inc., one of the nation’s leading virtual/online education providers. system for the next three years. 7 Mindsets and K12, Inc.,

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2019

Odd as his presence may have seemed, it was not out of the ordinary for the Church, which first devised a social media strategy around 2010. Monsignor Tighe calls his educational profile and path “one of the most disjointed you will ever find.” (Think “social media director” for the Catholic Church.)

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 25, 2018

Apparently, I was dead wrong on this assumption and quickly learned that Twitter in itself wasn’t a powerful tool, but instead, it was the conversations, ideas, resources, and passionate educators that connected with me. As a result, I was flooded with speaking requests and asked to write even more books, including Uncommon Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Somewhere in the 2010-12 time frame, that abruptly changed. What climate education look like in the U.S.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

That’s so 2010. That’s the conclusion reached by Barbara (“Bobbi”) Kurshan, a long-time veteran of the education technology world. Kurshan, a Senior Fellow and Innovation Advisor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, has spent decades building edtech enterprises—both for-profit and nonprofit ones.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

While the state’s Department of Education cycled through commissioners (six in six years) superintendents struggled to figure out the law, largely on their own. Related: Documenting Maine’s failure to implement proficiency-based education. Imported from Alaska. Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 18, 2016

In this week’s dealmaking news, Schoold, a provider of a college- and career-planning app, received additional funding, while private equity firm Quad-C acquired an early education services provider. Additionally, two coding education companies raised money.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 25, 2015

The Definition Of Heutagogy & Self-Determined Learning. Ed note: This is part 1 in a series on self-determined learning from Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon. Stewart’s site, Heutagogy Community of Practice , is a useful resource for reading on Self-Determined Learning. . by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon.

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Learning with 'e's

JULY 18, 2017

For the second year in the UK, secondary (high) school numbers have grown, and it's expected that over the next 8 years there will be a 19% rise in these numbers , with over 600,000 additional students. In many secondary schools, students are now being taught mathematics by teachers who are not qualified to do so. Unported License.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2016

New report offers policy recommendations to sustain momentum for computer science education. schools should make every effort to expand computer science education to keep up with workforce demands, according to a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). Teach computer science in all high schools.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 24, 2020

Lexia Learning’s Chief Learning Officer Dr. Liz Brooke’s steadfast determination to ensure students of all abilities can become successful readers and confident learners continues to be the driving force behind all of her work. Learning Gaps. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Why, What, and How.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” ? Learning must be authentic and meaningful in order for the content to really be understood and usable. While there are several education models that promote this idea, it is a necessity in a well-planned Project Based Learning (PBL) Unit.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Rural school districts face many unique trials, and access to educational technology is no different. First, the presenters agreed that while there are multiple potential uses for school technology, their main goal is to provide students with a competitive education. in elementary education from the University of Virginia.

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ExcelinEd

MAY 11, 2020

Health crises, deepening education divides and economic disaster come to mind. Educators and school system leaders will have to shift and adapt quickly, bringing their greatest creativity and problem-solving capacities to the table.”. It’s not just educators and systems leaders who will need to adapt and help guide us forward.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

What was once a sleepy conference at Arizona State University that charged $50 for attendance has now become ground zero for dealmaking in the education technology industry. (A Increasingly, educators and administrators seem onboard with that premise as well as their presence at the event has grown. Educators: 30 to 750.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

A New Definition For Equity In Education. While progress is being made in sub-Saharan Africa in primary education, gender inequality is in fact widening among older children. Somehow, though, public education, more so than any other industry or profession, is expected to aggregate these inherent disparities while transcending them.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

ASU+GSV Summit , now in its eighth year, has assembled yet another potent cocktail of education industry stakeholders from different walks of life. We’ve tried to make this event much more broader just another ‘edtech conference’ and to encompass learning and talent development,” says Li Jiang, Vice President of GSV Asset Management.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

10 Percent — Yearly increase in the percent of students achieving basic scores on state tests required by No Child Left Behind Act in 2010. They tended to cite a combination of their own optimism coupled with pressure from state officials, who in turn were pressured to meet the federal educational goals set in No Child Left Behind.

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Fractus Learning

MAY 11, 2015

There is a growing need for today’s pre-service teachers to be equipped with skills and competencies for blended, online, and technology-rich teaching and learning environments. Undergraduate elementary and middle grades education majors have the opportunity to begin graduate coursework in blended learning during their senior year.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

President Bush promotes his “No Child Left Behind” education agenda during a visit to Kirkpatrick Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., But hindsight is a very different vantage point for Cassellius, who is now Minnesota’s commissioner of education. “It Monday, Sept. Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The project lives on with a new group of students each year, buoyed by a strain of progressive education philosophy that says students learn best with real work that resembles what they will likely encounter outside of school. It has been kicking around K-12 education for decades but has yet to be widely adopted. Mehta said.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 28, 2018

As someone who was really into sports, would more exposure in better programs have created an opportunity for me to play basketball at the post-secondary level? I often wish my mom would have forced me to stick with piano lessons or send me to Greek school to learn the language.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 6, 2012

Christine is a secondary certified math teacher, with Business Education certification and MSc as K12 certified Instructional Technology Specialist. In 2009 she became an Apple Distinguished Educator. She provides technology professional development district wide to administration, faculty, and staff.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Date : Monday, October 25th, 2010 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am (next day) GMT ( international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate. Prior to becoming an English teacher, Jim taught special education, first in private schools and later in North Africa where he served in the Peace Corps in the mid 1980s.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Join me Tuesday, December 14th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Deborah Meier, education reformer, writer, and activist. Date : Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am (next day) GMT ( international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate. Log in at [link].

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 27, 2016

The Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) launched its Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative in October 2014 with the aim of leveraging technology and connectivity to personalize and transform learning. Department of Education. Librarians are at the forefront of helping schools become “future ready.”

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” ? John Dewey Learning must be authentic and meaningful in order for the content to really be understood and usable. While there are several education models that promote this idea, it is a necessity in a well-planned Project Based Learning (PBL) Unit.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Join me Thursday, October 7th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com interview with Joseph DiMartino and Denise Wolk on their book, The Personalized High School: Making Learning Count for Adolescents. While at Brown she also contributed to Changing Systems to Personalize Learning: Discover the Power of Advisories (LAB, 2003).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

An “uber trend” of remote work for higher education information security is coming, at a time when more connections are being forged between higher ed and other state data. That Horizon Seems to Be … Closer “Higher education may never be the same again after 2020, and that will be an exciting prospect to some.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2017

Those two things are a key part of learning, too, she argues. For anyone who’s spent time in an early childhood classroom, the idea that school should be as much about making friends and having fun as learning the alphabet will sound familiar. Sometimes people say we’re so loving, but they ask about the academics,” Macdonald said. “We

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MindShift

JANUARY 20, 2017

Our journey began when we conducted an extensive literature review at the outset of the project (Bruce, Flynn, & Moss, 2012) and learned about the crucial importance of spatial reasoning. Education matters! Spatial reasoning and mathematical thinking are intimately linked. Spatial reasoning can be improved.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Join me Wednesday, October 13th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com interview with Roger Schank , one of the world''s leading visionaries in artificial intelligence, learning theory, cognitive science, and the building of virtual learning environments. Schank began to turn his attention to learning.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

This post looks at a progression of student thinking (and questioning) about the value of Wikipedia as they move across educational stages. Our study examined the behaviors and choices of 175 student participants, across six educational stages, as they engaged in four tasks in response to a grade-appropriate science research prompt.

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