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

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Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. In less than two years, between 2015 and 2017, the district paid more than $4.5 For some, the model is centered around adaptive technology that students use independently to drive their own learning.

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‘Where We Went Wrong’ Atlanta Educators Reflect on ‘Failed’ Tech Implementation

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Daniel Hodge Back in 2012, ambitious district officials in Fulton County revealed a 5-year plan. Through a special-purpose local option sales tax , the district hoped to raise over $200 million to add 65,000 devices in schools by 2017. It should have been communicated better. 8 points, respectively, between 2015 and 2016.