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Meeting the Educational Challenges of COVID-19 Together

MIND Research Institute

The study looked at data for over five million students in grades 3 through 8 who had taken NWEA’s MAP Growth assessments in 2017-2018. We already had a thriving teacher community on Facebook, and have recently created a new group for families as well. There is a lot of debate about summer learning loss, though. Hiefield, M.

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Inside DC Schools: The Struggle to Develop Personalized Learning’s Independent Learners

Edsurge

In 2014, Facebook appointed a team of six engineers to help the organization build a more robust tool. Last year, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the “venture philanthropy” affiliated with the Facebook CEO, took over building the technology platform. Summit officials say more than $20 million was invested into the tool in 2017 alone.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

The shift in mindset involves moving away from a teaching model that is centered on curriculum and meeting benchmarks toward being student-centered in ways that demand differentiated instruction based on a child’s interests, strengths, weaknesses and background. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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What Lessons Does Special Education Hold for Improving Personalized Learning?

MindShift

The shift in mindset involves moving away from a teaching model that is centered on curriculum and meeting benchmarks toward being student-centered in ways that demand differentiated instruction based on a child’s interests, strengths, weaknesses and background. Much of this may sound familiar to teachers of special education.