Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Though the rate of low-income students in the district has steadily increased in the last decade, so have graduation rates, to 83 percent in 2014. Using what it learned from the strings program, the district decided to offer courses for free — with the help of its Race to the Top grant. In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In one class, Danusis introduces me to a lanky child in rain boots, who clicks through an online math program while chatting about a baby goat that’s being weaned in her backyard. In another room, children rotate through learning stations, sometimes at screens, sometimes putting pencils to paper. Future of Learning.

Personalized Learning 98

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 98

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 22nd The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn.and change. Carl Rogers The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. Check out all the fun at ISTEunplugged.com.

Conference 51

Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 51

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Half of all new principals quit their jobs within three years, according to a 2014 study. Today, research suggests that school leadership can have a profound impact on student learning. Rural school leaders have some of the most complex, multifaceted jobs in education. They also have some of the highest turnover.

Elementary 112

Elementary Training Report Policies 112

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. Related: Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. The report sought to gauge how the online lessons reached “struggling learners.”

Education 80

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 80

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

. “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.” ” Boy, it seems as though “personalized learning” is really just code for “virtual charter schools.”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” An op-ed in Forbes by University Ventures’ Ryan Craig : “Make Online Education Great (For The First Time).” She made $9.6

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

There was all that ink spilled circa 2010 that Khan Academy and “ flipped learning ” were going to “ change the rules of education ,” replacing in-class instruction with online videos watched as homework. And Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng left Baidu , where he’d been since leaving the MOOC startup in 2014.

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55