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10 edtech experts you should follow

Hapara

After helping teachers transition to online learning during the pandemic, she began writing about her experiences, including a chapter on online learning in Like No Other School Year. She also wrote a full guide to online and digital learning, A Teacher’s Guide to Online Learning. .

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2017 Student Scholarship Program

eSchool News

Empowering students as lifelong learners is a central goal of The Foundation for Blended and Online Learning. Ten scholars matriculating to four-year institutions will receive an award of up to $10,000 per year for two years.

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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

Edsurge

In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success.

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Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

The Hechinger Report

Still, as more rural schools look to virtual programs for help, there’s little evidence that online learning is equal to or can exceed outcomes from traditional in-person instruction, and some experts are urging caution — along with greater attention to quality. In 2017, the average score on all AP exams in Mississippi was a 2.2,

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Can Online Learning Level the AP Playing Field for Rural Students?

MindShift

Still, as more rural schools look to virtual programs for help, there’s little evidence that online learning is equal to or can exceed outcomes from traditional in-person instruction, and some experts are urging caution — along with greater attention to quality. Department of Education, students took 317,000 online courses.

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The Virtual High School Opens Registration for Summer School 2018

techlearning

In summer 2017, students taking VHS summer courses for credit recovery had a 75% pass rate. “A A summer enrichment program is an excellent way for students to continue learning during the summer months and explore subjects they might not have time for during the school year,” said Carol Ribeiro, President & CEO of VHS.

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The Virtual High School’s Stacy Young to Speak at CSforALL Summit

techlearning

In addition to developing its new cybersecurity courses, VHS is offering its popular Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Principles course and 11 other online computer science courses this year. In the 2017-2018 academic year, VHS students achieved an even higher AP exam pass rate of 96 percent – far exceeding AP exam national averages.

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