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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. The ratio of children to Chromebooks, in grades three through five, is one to one. Yet, inside Isaac Paine, tech abounds.

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” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” ” The Verge covers the blog post : “ Google is equipping more rural school buses with Wi-Fi and Chromebooks.” ” This is my shocked face. .”

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Via Chalkbeat : “New York City’s largest school charter network, Success Academy , has won the 2017 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?” ” Contests and Awards. ” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines. ”). .”).

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Luster lost to Chromebooks, apparently. ” Via The MIT Technology Review : “Big Questions Around Facebook’s Suicide-Prevention Tools.” ” Via Real Clear Education : “ K–12 Predictive Analytics : Time for Better Dropout Diagnosis.” Upgrades and Downgrades. ” asks NPR.

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. “ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” pic.twitter.com/lfNWyW7z5f — Shaun King (@ShaunKing) September 28, 2017.