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Digital Portfolios + Micro-credentials = Massive Impact for Students & Teachers

Digital Promise

This hands-on, authentic process re-establishes learners as active contributors of their learning environment by providing true agency through the connection of interest with impact. With very little first-hand experience with personalized learning, many teachers and education administrators have difficulty fathoming its power.

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The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping

The Hechinger Report

With the ability to log into lessons online, students at the secondary level won’t have to miss instruction even if they’re suspended, says Superintendent L. During the 2015-16 school year, Black students in the district faced out-of-school suspension at 3.4 Sometimes the exercise prompted her to follow up with individual concerns.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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11 lessons from schools that kept Covid cases low

The Hechinger Report

In each one, the majority of the district’s or school’s students returned to in-person learning by the end of the spring semester — and officials identified Covid-19 cases in under 5 percent of the student population. Both of these rural districts faced challenges with online learning, as many families did not have Wi-Fi at home.

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A school where you can’t fail — it just takes you longer to learn

The Hechinger Report

In 2015, the Idaho state legislature approved 19 incubator programs to explore the practice inside its schools. The rise of online learning has accelerated it, and school technology providers have been fierce advocates. Ten school districts in Illinois, including Chicago, are piloting the approach. The students at M.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Trump administration on Thursday withdrew 2015 guidance issued by the Obama administration that barred student loan guarantee agencies from charging collection fees to defaulted borrowers who start repaying their loans quickly.” “Problems with Personalized Learning ” by Dan Meyer.