Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

The number of K-12 students enrolling in full-time virtual and blended learning schools continues to grow, despite research suggesting that students in these programs do not perform as well as their peers in traditional settings. It could also be because virtual learning programs demand lower operating costs than a traditional school.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 7, 2018

In The Gallup 2017 Survey of K–12 School District Superintendents , 67 percent of respondents said the quantity of new teacher candidates is decreasing and 39 percent said the quality is also declining. Virtual teachers were also the solution for a teacher shortage in Georgia’s Bibb County School District, Education Week reports.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2017

A report they released Monday reveals the research behind the school model. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. “We We get a lot of questions about how do you know that personalized learning works or how do you know Summit learning works,” said Adam Carter, chief academic officer at Summit Public Schools. “We

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2017

The survey, “ Online College Students 2017 ,” was produced by The Learning House, Inc. And 59 percent of students reported traveling to campus at least once to meet in person with an instructor or classmates. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about blended learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

Some highlights: Fourth graders at Salt Creek improved their CAASPP scores by 137% of the state average in the 2016/2017 school year—their first year using the platform—and by 172% the following year. Fourth grade ELLs at both schools grew their CAASPP scores by 252% of the state average in the 2017/2018 school year.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

Some highlights: Fourth graders at Salt Creek improved their CAASPP scores by 137% of the state average in the 2016/2017 school year—their first year using the platform—and by 172% the following year. Fourth grade ELLs at both schools grew their CAASPP scores by 252% of the state average in the 2017/2018 school year.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

As school leaders, you’ll want to dig into the NMC/CoSN Horizon Report: 2017 K-12 Edition. The annual K12 Horizon Report regularly identifies and profiles six key trends, six significant challenges, and six developments in educational technology likely to impact teaching and learning.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Photo: TARA GARCIA MATHEWSON/The Hechinger Report. According to state data, the number of young people in state juvenile justice facilities dropped from 901 at the end of 2012 to 386 in 2017. In Illinois, Marquell Brown got a firsthand look at the improvements made from 2009 to 2017. Source: PEARSON CONNEXUS.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

For proof, check out the “ Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blended Learning.” and Pearson, reports the Snapshot 2020 annual report from the Digital Learning Collaborative. Indeed, developing “a teaching force skilled in online and blended instruction” is one of the recommendations in the U.S.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 20, 2018

Contextualized: M-learning also enables in situ learning. This study found that in 2017, 71% of teens claimed to either own or have use of a smartphone. So any m-learning initiative needs a back-up in terms of portable devices and even learning activities. In the end.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 18, 2016

In that time, my approach to teaching has radically changed as I’ve embraced technology and shifted to a blended learning model. I’ve tried to reimagine what learning looks like in an English class. I’ve been teaching 9th and 10th grade English at Windsor High School for the last 13 years. School was born!

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2017

State leaders are collecting reams of data on students, but they must do more to put that information into the hands of parents and teachers, according to a new report. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. It’s been more about the internal conversation.”.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2016

For Online Courses/Blended Learning. As a result, a lesson on Abraham Lincoln could easily be constructed, as well as visual presentations and reports. To help you get a little bit more innovative in the coming academic year, here is a list of proven-effective edtech tools that may be highly useful in the classroom.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 4, 2017

Educators Share How Seating Choice Leads to Student Engagement in Learning. Overwhelmingly, educators report that student choice empowers them to take ownership of their classroom and their learning. March 31, 2017. BISDpride #OAFleming pic.twitter.com/HMSWhLT3fN — Christie Bray Burns (@ChristieBurnsEd).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2017

In early November, The New York Times reported that Dallas Dance, former superintendent for the Baltimore County School District, had taken at least 65 out-of-state trips related to the district’s tech initiatives or involving industry-funded groups. His talents warranted us bringing him to our conference and he never asked us for money.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 25, 2021

In this episode, Kasey chats with Jen Giffen, a teacher-librarian and new Shake Up Learning trainer. Jen shares ideas that will help teachers go BEYOND traditional assessments like reports, essays, presentations, and cookie-cutter assignments. Going beyond traditional, static assignments is what Dynamic Learning is all about!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

According to the BMO Capital Markets Education Training Report, investments in education technology are projected to rebound after a sluggish 2016. The report notes that although more money is expected to change hands in the industry this year, the volume of transactions has decreased. billion in 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Holmes County Central High School is one of eight rural schools participating in a new, blended learning AP Physics program. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. In 2017, the average score on all AP exams in Mississippi was a 2.2, LEXINGTON, Miss. compared to a 2.84

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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. Students have access to their own avatars and dashboards to see their progress on their report cards and check on quiz scores. Wowzers also offers a discount for educators who complete the Wowzers certification course.

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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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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

Mary Earick, project director for NG2, says the purpose of the program is to create more flexible learning pathways for students through “competency-based multiage schooling,” which allows students to move on to new objectives only after mastering others. “[NG2] NG2] tackles long-standing educational barriers to personalized learning.

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Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

I’m looking forward to stepping away from the office and spending time with family and friends one last time before the 2017-18 school year gets underway in earnest. Here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Carnegie Learning currently offers online math courseware for middle, high-school and college students, along with accompanying print textbooks as part of its blended-learning programs. It recently added a coding tool to its lineup, after acquiring Globaloria in 2017.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Following the district’s successful pilot in 2013 for 1,700 students at two elementary schools, the program is expanding to 14 elementary schools and five middle schools in the 2016-2017 academic year. Three hundred kindergarten and first grade ELL students and 10,200 WL students in grades 2-8 have access to the digital learning program.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary is one of 10 “wall-to-wall” personalized learning schools that recently emerged as part of an initiative at Dallas ISD—one of the largest school districts in the country, serving 157,000 students. The results, published in an impact report in May 2018, have been positive—for the most part.

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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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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. A 2018 report from the Urban Institute, a think tank that focuses on cities, showed that “[c]ities that can more quickly deliver students to school tend to rely more on public transportation to transport students. The report found that in D.C. Earlier this month, Washington, D.C.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 18, 2017

Today I'm publishing the survey results at ModernLearning.com for the 2017 Learning Revolution 's survey on technology and learning, which is the initial part of a larger effort to create a worldwide online conference on this topic. A summary report with some preliminary conclusions will be published there shortly.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2017

While a slim majority of the K-12 educators in a February 2017 Education Week survey said they had not avoided discussing controversial current events in class this year, 42 percent said it was difficult to talk about national politics with students, and 28 percent said they expressly avoided the topic. Read more about Blended Learning.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2019

Student misuse: Common Sense Media’s research shows students report social media can be a distraction. For the 2016–2017 school year, he received an Excellence in Teaching award and was one of three finalists for Teacher of the Year in Oakland Unified School District.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The platform has added more than 2,000 new titles in both non-fiction and fiction since October 2017. According to a recent news report , the United States’ world ranking fell from fifth to 13 over a five year period.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2016

AltSchool – a California-based chain that promises to use technology to help teachers provide personal-fit lessons for its students – will share its proprietary technology in 2017 with three independent schools in Virginia and Florida, it announced Tuesday. Read more about Blended Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Photo: Jessica Huseman for The Hechinger Report. Every dollar saved for this necessary utility can and should be repurposed for the teaching practices that can improve education,” said Daniel Owens, a partner at The Learning Accelerator, a nonprofit focused on expanding blended learning in U.S. Sign up for our newsletter.

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techlearning

MAY 22, 2018

Real-time data and in-depth reports help educators track student performance and guide instructional intervention. While Big Universe is a new addition to the Alabama Summer Learning Challenge this year, there was a 55 percent increase in Stride usage from summer 2016 to summer 2017. Ryan, General Manager of Fuel Education.

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MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

A 2015 report found that the lack of AP classes may increase the financial burden on college-bound rural students: Students who don’t take AP classes don’t earn college credit that could enable them to graduate more quickly, and such students are “more likely to pay for additional remedial coursework when beginning college.”.

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