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Does the future of schooling look like Candy Land?

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At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. At the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester, N.H.,

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Two Lexia Learning Products Honored in the 2018 Tech Edvocate Awards

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Lexia Learning today announced that its personalized literacy programs Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) and Lexia PowerUp Literacy™ (PowerUp) were both honored in the 2018 Tech Edvocate awards. Core5 provides explicit, systematic instruction through personalized learning paths in six areas of reading.

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OPINION: We need more problem solvers and critical thinkers for an increasingly complex world

The Hechinger Report

Following full-scale implementation of a proficiency-based system in 2011, postsecondary enrollment increased to 71 percent by 2018, up from an average rate of 59 percent over the 10 years prior to the district’s shift to personalized, competency-based learning.

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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

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Courtney Harritt, a spokesperson for ACCEL, wrote by email that OHDELA’s enrollment surge hit just as the school year started, creating operational challenges, and that ACCEL is making changes after taking over the school from another company in 2018. No ratings were issued in 2019-20 because of the pandemic.).

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Schools lead the way to zero-energy buildings, and use them for student learning

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Katherine Cribbs, a second-grader at Discovery Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, explores the online “energy dashboard” that tracks her school’s energy consumption and production. With a flurry of touch-screen taps, she explored the “energy dashboard” of Discovery Elementary in Arlington, Virginia.

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Do protocols for school safety infringe on disability rights?

The Hechinger Report

In 2018 Congress allocated federal funds to train schools on threat assessment. Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out. A few weeks after a school shooting in Maryland in March 2018, state legislators passed a law mandating threat assessment teams in schools.

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

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And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”.

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