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Rising Student Absenteeism: We Need to Change the Way We Do Things

Education Elements

Research shows that the number of chronically absent students has nearly doubled , from about 15 percent in the 2018-2019 school year to around 30 percent in 2021-2022. The research results imply that an additional 6.5

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Vote for Digital Promise’s SXSW and SXSW EDU 2018 Session Ideas

Digital Promise

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. Can Students Create VR?

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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

Edsurge

Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. Anthony Kim, CEO of Education Elements, argues that he can’t make promises about academic results. “Of By indicators, Ashkenas does not mean milestones such as collecting data by a particular date. Probably not.

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#8: 7 tips to better define personalized learning

eSchool News

Happy holidays, and thank you for tuning into our 2018 countdown!]. Personalized learning is a pretty well-known term, but educators have different definitions for personalized learning, making for a sometimes-confusing approach to its implementation. Focus on the future.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Laureate Education Inc. 1, 2018, Eilif Serck-Hanssen will become the for-profit company’s new chief executive officer and Ricardo Berckemeyer will take over as the company’s president. “Blame Big Data.” Via The New York Times : “ SoFi Board Says C.E.O.