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Alabama community college overhaul improves the odds for unprepared students

The Hechinger Report

The revamped program combined co-requisite courses — essentially one-hour workshops or seminars that give students additional time to practice basic skills — with a tiered placement model that sought to reduce the overall number of students placed into developmental education programs. “If She would explain in a way I understood.”

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How Education Elements Guides Districts in Creating Environments that Personalize Learning

Edsurge

The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. Kim had previously been an Executive Vice President at Edison Learning, a for-profit education management organization. He founded Education Elements to meet that need.

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This Week's Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate (Formerly Elluminate)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) is supporting the EpCoP with an interactive e-Gemssession on 23 May. Part of the 4tvirtualcon.com conference at the U of Michigan, we''ll look at how we can add free, quality content to Kindles and other ereaders to positively impact learning. Learn.Connect. Leadership 3.0

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

When New Schools for New Orleans announced the competitive grant contest, 23 schools — about a quarter of all public schools in New Orleans — expressed interest by attending workshops on personalized learning. Fellows attended monthly meetings at which they could share their questions and observations about personalized learning.

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‘A Job That No One Sees’

Edsurge

Mendez eventually found work at a furniture workshop, where she works today. Despite having a full-time job at the workshop, Mendez agreed to care for her grandchildren. Mendez opened the workshop at 9 a.m., Like Mendez, Romero must work an additional job on top of child care to make ends meet. to 3:30 p.m. per hour.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

Concurrently, a portion of the funding went to LEAP to help train principals and teachers at more than 100 Chicago-area schools on personalized learning. In theory, their progress is tracked closely, with their goals and assignments updated continually to meet their needs. Related: The messy reality of personalized learning.

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What Lessons Does Special Education Hold for Improving Personalized Learning?

MindShift

Concurrently, a portion of the funding went to LEAP to help train principals and teachers at more than 100 Chicago-area schools on personalized learning. In theory, their progress is tracked closely, with their goals and assignments updated continually to meet their needs. That’s different from IEP meetings, which are led by adults.