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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

Across the country, schools are adopting new approaches to teaching and learning in order to prepare students for life in a technology-rich world. Challenge 1: Creating opportunities for authentic learning. Further, authentic learning has the potential to make students more engaged. Why is this so challenging?

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The Four Biggest Challenges to Implementing Maine's Proficiency-Based Diploma

Edsurge

Maine has long been an innovator in education, stemming back to the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Now all eyes are on our corner of the country as we transition from a traditional seat-time high school diploma to a proficiency-based diploma. First, the basics.

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A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

The Hechinger Report

At that time, more than 80 percent of students were failing to meet state proficiency standards , and the school was graduating less than half of its students. 84 percent of this Chicago high school’s students graduate on time and 52 percent of them now go to college, an 11-point increase from 2012. More of that change is underway.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. 3D Printing.

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