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

Edsurge

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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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. Adaptive teaching: Reflective practice of two elementary teachers’ visions and adaptations during literacy instruction.

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How School Districts Are Shaping the Edtech They Use

eSpark

Over 1,000 Mineola elementary school students are using eSpark in four buildings throughout the district, while a team of Mineola middle schoolers helped us build new product features to better engage and challenge students. At eSpark Learning, we make tools that empower teachers and delight students. Berwyn, Illinois.

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Virginia district launches summer kindergarten readiness initiative

eSchool News

“We share their commitment to providing engaging, student-centered programs that reach kids at their precise learning levels and accelerate their literacy gains. Our differentiated instruction solutions will give these kindergarteners-to-be the right start on the road to college and career success.

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Transforming Schools and Outcomes by Using a Culturally Responsive Curriculum

edWeb.net

For the future, Mount Vernon City School District has developed a three-year plan to further rewrite its curriculum and bring it together through a combination of Understanding by Design and differentiated instruction.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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No Student Is Unreachable

TeachThought - Learn better.

While there is much discussion about the “debunking” of the “myth” of multiple intelligences, the fact of the matter is that multiple intelligences can provide a kind of framework to diversify and differentiate instruction for all students. Linguistic—does the child understand puns and word play?