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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

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Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report Washington Elementary is a K-8 school in Lindsay, an agricultural community in California’s Central Valley. Ushering in a new model.

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How 2Revolutions is Helping Schools, Districts, and States Support Future of Learning Models

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In 2011, Rubin and Kern co-authored and released, Designing The Future of Learning, a white paper focused on the transformation taking place in the educational system. From 2014 - 2016 there have been six or seven cohorts that have taken the online course and two cohorts that have taken the symposium, with the third planned for the fall.

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What do at-risk students, English language learners and adult college students have in common?

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The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. The Hechinger Report.

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Has New Hampshire found the secret to online education that works?

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Related: Rhode Island’s lively experiment in blended learning. A single course, such as algebra, contains several competencies, which blend some core knowledge, such as understanding linear equations, with broader skills like applied analysis or problem-solving. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Will “school choice on steroids” get a boost under a Trump administration?

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The growth of “Course Choice” initiatives in various states was chronicled in depth by The Hechinger Report last year, in this story from our archives. — In fact, just 1,367 students in the entire state took an online class outside their district in 2014-15, according to preliminary state figures, meaning district budgets were largely spared.