EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Technology has become an integral part of day-to-day classroom activities, used for everything from improving personalized learning initiatives to cutting down on unwanted behavior. Teachers and students can upload images easily or interact with the display through their personal devices,” the The Tech Edvocate reports. “By

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

This approach has learners and educators working together to ensure that students master what they need to learn, with opportunities to show what they know and can do in a variety of ways. Personalized learning helps each student receive support to reach their learning goals.

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JUNE 13, 2019

According to a 2018 research report , AI-based technologies are primed to grow within the edtech market by just under 47%. Not only are the various tasks and steps framed in a way that builds conceptual understanding, but the longer students interact with the software, the more the AI component can learn about the student.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

Among the tools the district found was Teach to One: Math (TTO), a digital personalized learning program by New Classrooms , a New York-based nonprofit, that adapts to a student’s individual skills and gaps. We are committed to personalized learning, but can't continue a program that does not meet the needs of all of our students.”

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Earlier this year, the Highlander Institute, The Learning Accelerator and The Christensen Institute teamed up to bring together a conference on blended and personalized learning in Providence, R.I. Mote advised schools to think of a competency-based learning approach as a multi-year plan.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2017

Nothing short of “creating the world’s best education and providing personalized learning for all,” he tells EdSurge. Vodicka’s new position is part of AltSchool’s mission to bring its personalized learning platform across the country. That’s a good call, especially since the efficacy of the platform remains to be seen.

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edWeb.net

MAY 23, 2019

When schools talk about personalized learning, one of the first things they need to do is consider these jagged profiles. Context: The context of a student’s home and learning environment matter too. For instance, if a student is stressed while taking an assessment, it can affect the results. Join the Community.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 21, 2018

They don’t need new learning goals that rely on a fancy new technology tool the coach or teacher wants to use. Digital Promise’s 2017 report, Exploring Coaching for Powerful Technology Use in Education , talks about what this can look like in classrooms.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It aims to provide a more integrated learning experience, leveraging both face-to-face teacher guidance and the flexibility of online resources. Blended Learning Examples Here are five examples of blended learning I uncovered from the research literature in this field: 1. Fabbian et al.’s Luna and Stephanie A. Carney, E.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2019

AltSchool, a developer of personalized learning software that once operated a chain of “microschools,” is getting a major makeover. This morning, the San Francisco-based company announced a series of “sweeping changes” that includes a new name—Altitude Learning—and new leadership. In 2017, it started closing schools.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

We’re excited to continue this conversation with the broader network at the 2017 Education Innovation Clusters convening later this month. So what have we learned so far? What metrics can be developed to assess the impact of a personalized learning initiative scaled across a network with multiple partners?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

Rachel Blustain for The Hechinger Report. Often, their intelligence masks their disability, so they are never assessed for special education or don’t receive the services best suited for them. In 2017, the New York City Department of Education spent $375 million for tuition to private schools for students with disabilities.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020. Gary Miron, an education researcher who co-authored a National Education Policy Center report on for-profit charter schools. At Stride Inc.,

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Note that the last category is the most subjective and one might reasonably argue some reports (including those conducted under contract with the U.S. Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: The First-Year Implementation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in Five States (American Institutes for Research, 2000).

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Hapara

MAY 25, 2023

It’s still important to provide structure and clear expectations, but student-led learning allows educators to be flexible and support learners’ individual needs. What are the benefits of student-led learning? Students navigate the internet for formative assessments, research, collaborative projects, review and enrichment activities.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1 By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Her organization recommends that attendance is taken for every in-person and virtual instructional experience.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report Washington Elementary is a K-8 school in Lindsay, an agricultural community in California’s Central Valley. Ushering in a new model.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2017

When you look closely at what people are saying about personalized learning, it becomes clear that people are using the term in very different ways. The divergence in how people think about personalized learning became apparent to me a few years ago, when I was asked to give a keynote presentation at a conference.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

Formative assessment is key. Fantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools is a helpful article that I wrote for Edutopia. Also see Better Teaching and Learning with Formative Assessment from Advancement Courses. Edpuzzle adds formative assessment and shows us the percentage of the video watched by students.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

All students start their academic journey at the college by sitting with counselors who assess their mental health needs. During orientation, incoming Paul Quinn students learn about the clinic, campus services and the mental health assessment they can opt out of if they choose. Now that rate is about 36%, school officials said.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

For context, average education spending in the United States in 2017 was $12,201 per pupil, ranging from a low of $7,179 in Utah to a high of $23,091 in New York, according to U.S. The post This math tutoring program gets ‘blockbuster’ results in high-poverty schools appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Census Bureau data.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2018

Classroom assessments represented a nearly $1.6 billion market in 2017, and that market is expected to grow by 30 percent through 2020. In fact, classroom assessment now makes up a majority of the testing market, surpassing state testing. The benefit of formative assessments. Many times, it’s not.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

But based on initial data from a much smaller pilot in Long Beach, California, in 2017-18 and another in 33 tiny Idaho districts in 2013-14, he was optimistic. million to NWEA in 2019-20 for students in kindergarten through eighth grade to take the assessments. The MAP tests, however, weren’t free: Clark County paid about $1.9

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

And on Tuesday, The Learning Accelerator and Yet Analytics announced the Learning Commons , a new, free website that will gather curated professional development resources for those who are working to implement blended or personalized learning in their classrooms. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

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 teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Journal of Literacy Research , 44, 149–170. Reeves, P.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Like most young children, she liked learning new things, and she excelled at school. One of the key components of engagement is students’ excitement about what they learn. Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Her freshman-year report card reflected that.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

Teaching ranks among the most stressful professions, according to Gallup research from 2014, in which about half of teachers reported high daily stress at work, tying medical professionals for the most-stressful jobs. The biggest reason non-retiring teachers leave the classroom, the report noted, is dissatisfaction at work (55 percent).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

In 2017, we put together a new strategy and a new team, and this is the first set of products that have come off the new assembly line. One is the linkage of assessment to instruction. That’s probably the most significant difference—the wedding together of assessment with instruction, as opposed to them being two separate things.

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techlearning

APRIL 19, 2018

(NYSE: RST) Company, today announced that Lexia Reading Core5® has been named by the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) as an approved provider of early interactive reading software for literacy instruction and assessment for grades K–3.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Michael Dougherty for The Hechinger Report. Foundations promoting the model also pitched in, like the Massachusetts-based foundation Nellie Mae, a proponent of proficiency-approaches, which provided two districts with roughly $6 million in funding over seven years to support student-centered learning. It’s better than it was.”

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

Quality and Effectiveness: This research-based K–8 math curriculum was redesigned with a fresh interface in 2017. It presents students with real-world applications and personalized math instruction, guiding students along their own paths with authentic math problems. Contact an account manager for more details. TOP FEATURES 1.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

Wess Wheeler (L), an independent learning opportunity student at Randolph Union High School, and Miles Hooper, manager and co-owner of Ayers Brook Goat Dairy farm, among the goats. Photo: Kelly Field for the Hechinger Report. Mississippi Learning. Photo: Kelly Field for the Hechinger Report. RANDOLPH, Vt.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2017

Freshman Kylee Elderkin works on an assignment in English class at Nokomis High School in Newport on Friday, June 2, 2017. The recent three-part series on proficiency-based learning in Maine by The Hechinger Report’s Lillian Mongeau (which appeared in both The Report and the Portland Press Herald ) is very informative on this topic.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The Hechinger Report visited Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School in January to hear students present their ideas for a new high school of their dreams. School leaders wanted to include their input as they plan the opening of a new high school in 2017 (check out the story here ). appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

In 2017, there has been an emergence of online communication tools connecting users online from across the globe. In today’s schools, students typically learn individually, and at the end of the school year, we certify their individual achievements,” Schleicher wrote.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

This podcast episode by APM Reports, the national documentary and investigative unit of American Public Media, and The Hechinger Report looks at this issue in rural Mississippi. A 2017 report by the Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness ranked Mississippi last in identifying homeless students.

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