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School Is Hard for Mobile Students. These Districts Want to Help.

Edsurge

—a mostly working-class suburban city just across the Mystic River from Boston—high student mobility used to be a challenge without a clear solution. The Five District Partnership , which includes Chelsea, was formed in 2012. Not all mobility is bad. And student mobility is nothing new here.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

Will more schools embrace student-centric mobile devices? “There will be more momentum for mobile devices in classrooms with an eye toward affordable alternatives to traditional 1:1 rollouts.” ” 1:1 + Common Core = $$$$$. All Common Core testing will be done online. 7 YEARS LATER… 1.

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GED and other high school equivalency degrees drop by more than 40% nationwide since 2012

The Hechinger Report

Red states are where the annual issuance of new high school equivalency diplomas has fallen by more than 50 percent between 2012 and 2016. Specifically, the annual number of test takers who completed one of the three exams has fallen more than 45 percent from more than 570,000 in 2012 to roughly 310,000 in 2016. Data source: Thomas J.

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Mobile Learning Experience 2012 - April 11-13 in Phoenix, Arizona

The Mobile Native

Excited about mobile technology for learning and teaching? Then join me for Mobile Learning Experience 2012 April 11-13 in Phoenix, Arizona. It''s my pleasure to be on the team organizing Mobile Learning Experience 2012. Registration for Mobile Learning Experience 2012 is open.

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Come to the Mobile Learning Experience in September 2013

The Mobile Native

Cross Post from @TonyVincent "Learning in Hand" It''s my pleasure to be on the team organizing Mobile Learning Experience 2013. If you''d like to get a feel for 2012''s conference, then check out the Mobile 2012 Program and Mobile 2012 Speakers'' Resource Wiki. Please consider presenting at Mobile 2013.

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Driving Test Score Increase with Comedy

EdNews Daily

When Kalyan Ray-Mazumder graduated from Yale in 2012, he wanted to work in two career paths: acting and education. The website is fully functional on all smart mobile devices, so students can access the self-paced, flexible curriculum at home even without a laptop or internet.

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Lesson Planning Survival Tips! 40+ Resources

Teacher Reboot Camp

Share My Lesson – nearly 255,000 teaching resources including lesson plans based on the Common Core. ebook, Learning to Go , which has digital/mobile activities for any device and editable/printable handouts and rubrics. Google literacy lesson plans – students learn how to be better online researchers.

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