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

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In July of 2015, the district paid more than $400,000 for alignment, strategy and professional services from Education Elements, a for-profit personalized learning consultant, according to receipts obtained by EdSurge from the district. million to the firm for personalized-learning consulting services.

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[PL Summit Series] Go Big or Go Home! Personalized Learning Summit Workshop, Yuma Elementary School District One

Education Elements

In a word they make education easier and more absorbing. Learning and life become more seamless” (Fullan, May 2011). These include, “engagement; entertainment; ease of access to information and data; group work; humanity; social relevance, and so on.

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SMATH: How to Turn 2 Subjects Into 1 Super-Class

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As educators, we always encourage our students to work together; we promise them two heads are better than one. Piedmont Elementary in Alabama, we decided to finally try it. Perhaps best of all, smath always us to personalize learning in new ways. Brandi Todd has been an elementary teacher for sixteen years.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

Given the enormous potential of edtech to assist teachers in highly diverse classrooms to truly personalize learning and obtain significant student academic growth, why are we seeing such consistent and large-scale edtech failure when it comes to gains in student academic achievement? blended learning).

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