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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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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edWeb.net

MAY 23, 2019

During the edWebinar, “ Learning in the 21st Century: What Teachers Think Matters,” the presenters talked about the science of individuality, how they’re using the research to help developers create products to meet these individual needs, and examples that show how the Learner Variability Project can work in the classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2018

While this exposure to robotics has been eye-opening to some parents of children at the school, it is right in line with the Horizon Report: 2017 K-12 Edition put out by the New Media Consortium and Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) last year. We are integrating that design thinking into other learning areas.

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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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Neo LMS

JULY 9, 2019

News reports. states require students to take a personal finance class in order to graduate high school). Research (such as, a 2017 study by T. Rowe Price ) shows when children don’t learn financial literacy in school, they adopt their parent’s financial habits instead — good or bad. One in five 15-year-olds in the U.S.

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MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

This story about personalized learning was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. In response, they launched an experimental Personalized Learning Academy for 150 juniors and seniors deemed at risk of dropping out.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2017

In the case of Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) , when the district began a huge leap to personalized learning, its leaders consciously began designing a communications strategy to bring together students, teachers and families. Jessica W (@CLETS_STAT) February 27, 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2019

The work is funded by Fremont Street , a Boston-based philanthropic fund founded in 2017 to focus on supporting small- and medium-sized districts in mostly suburban and rural communities – places that don’t already get a lot of outside funding and attention for education innovation. These resources focus on master scheduling.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Credit: Gail Robinson for The Hechinger Report. The Gates Foundation is among the many supporters of The Hechinger Report.). Nagler said maybe the governor should have been clearer, but that even those who may resist remote learning and technology now could change their minds. Credit: Gail Robinson for The Hechinger Report.

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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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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? With Highlights, it’s easy for teachers to provide feedback as students learn online.

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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? For example, one of the EdClusters asked: What role does student agency play in connecting to and advancing community vitality?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Credit: Robert Gauthier/ Los Angeles Times Transfers like Ricky’s represent a large yet hidden share of California’s exclusionary discipline, blocking students from attending their own schools and pushing them onto new campuses or into smaller, alternative schools, according to an investigation by the Hechinger Report.

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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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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2021

My friend’s son was wrestling with a modern college dilemma: Would it be better to take a prerequisite course online or attend the lectures in-person? His school had resumed in-person learning during the pandemic and so he had the option to take either version. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Through this work, we see powerful examples of innovation across education — from students creating their own virtual reality (VR) films, to researchers working with technology developers to improve edtech efficacy, to educators rethinking their own professional development with the use of micro-credentials.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

How To Start The School Year By Building Relationships Lesson Plan Idea: For example, I kick off the year in “Masterpiece Theater” (the name of my classroom) by having students create a masterpiece in Play-Doh representing something that’s essential to the masterpiece of their life. The physical classroom has a paperwork workflow.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city. Supporters in New Orleans say that, so far, personalized learning has been transformative.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Teachers in Lindsay are ready to shift from in-person to remote learning with minimal prep time — if a coronavirus outbreak requires a quarantine, for example, or a natural disaster causes school closures. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

Rachel Blustain for The Hechinger Report. We see kids whose challenges don’t show up on their report card, so they aren’t getting services,” said Jennifer Choi, a parent and founder of the advocacy group 2eNYC and a trustee of the nonprofit Twice Exceptional Children’s Advocacy. But parents say there’s a long way to go.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Making Smart Decisions in a Crowded Edtech Market : EdSurge’s very own Leonard Medlock (Director, Concierge) will pry open some examples of districts working with Concierge and discuss strategies around how to articulate challenges, find and choose technology and successfully pilot selected tools. EdSurge 4:00 p.m. EdSurge 9:30 a.m.

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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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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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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 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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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

and Pearson, reports the Snapshot 2020 annual report from the Digital Learning Collaborative. Additionally, the 2019 version of the report noted that about 420,000 students in more than 20 states participate in state “virtual schools,” which primarily provide courses but don’t usually award credentials.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The end product is an August 2017 working paper, “ Education Technology: An Evidence-Based Review ,” published by the National Bureau of Economic Research with clear tables on which technology improves learning and which doesn’t. Computers and internet access alone don’t boost learning.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

So in spring of 2014, when the district proposed implementing a 1:1 technology initiative that would help teachers and students transition to a personalized learning model, there was some resistance from families and the board rejected the proposal. Presidential Scholars. By fall of 2018, all students in grades 1-12 will have a device.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Photo: Nick Chiles for The Hechinger Report. On the latest statewide standardized test in reading, on a scale of 1 to 100 indicating level of proficiency, Hispanic students received a score of 42 and black students received a score of 60, while white students received the highest score of 100, for example. SANDY SPRINGS, Ga.

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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 6, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. With textbooks open, they watched a lecture about Newton’s Laws on a giant screen, while their classroom teacher simultaneously offered examples of those laws in action. Holmes County Central High School is one of eight rural schools participating in a new, blended learning AP Physics program.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

People walk to a Harris County Sheriff air boat while escaping a flooded neighborhood during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on August 29, 2017 in Houston, Texas. When they move to Dash, which is mobile, they learn much more about coding and sequencing that will link to the physical actions they want to see.

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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. In the last earnings report you referred to, the company made several references to an ongoing strategic transformation for the company. What’s an example? What do you attribute that to?

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2017

To that end, I’d like to describe a new personalized, competency-based model of professional learning that can be a key part of the solution. First-career teachers, for example, may have had only one or two math-specific courses in college (far less than their literacy coursework). 2017 Grants Guide for Education Technology.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

Others go deep, exploring efforts by small districts to innovate, for example, or describing personal experiences with education reforms. 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.

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