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Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success

EdTech Magazine

As reported in April 2016 (the most recent year for which data is available from the National Assessment of Educational Progress ) only 37 percent of high school seniors in the U.S. Technology impacts instruction in a positive way, the report states. They may be on to something.

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Personalized Learning: Research Highlights Need for New Models

Digital Promise

In the first of a series of reports from Digital Promise Global, Making Learning Personal For All – The Growing Diversity in Today’s Classroom explores learner diversity and learning variability across a variety of factors impacting student performance. To learn more, get your copy of the report.

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Strategies for supporting ELL students in math

eSchool News

Michele Dawson, senior director of instructional technology in Compton Unified School District in Calif., According to nprEd , in 2016 32 states reported not having enough teachers for ELL students.

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10 tools for blended schools

eSchool News

In 2016, we launched our redesigned Blended Learning Universe (BLU)—a hub for resources and research, including a directory of schools practicing blended learning. Schools use PowerSchool for a range of daily school operations: from scheduling, attendance, state compliance reporting, health management, and more.

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How do Mississippi’s requirements for instructional time compare to the rest of the country?

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Mississippi is in line with the majority of states in requiring at least 180 days of instruction time each school year. 540 proposed using hours rather than days to set instructional time requirements to “provide greater flexibility.” appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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In the marketplace: Science achievement skyrockets, makerspaces expand, and more

eSchool News

Makerspaces are expected to reach accelerated classroom adoption in less than one year, according to the K-12 Edition of the 2016 New Media Consortium Horizon Report. All the student has to do is subscribe to Shmoop’s 12-month student plan between November 1, 2016 and January 15, 2017, and then email their essay to Shmoop HQ.

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Documenting Maine’s failure to implement proficiency-based education

The Hechinger Report

Their 118-page report, “ ‘In theory it’s a good idea’: Understanding implementation of proficiency-based education in Maine, ” published in October 2018, serves as an unintended post-mortem of how educational reforms can go wrong. Nellie Mae is also among the funders of the Hechinger Report.).