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7 programs that are transforming education

eSchool News

Each Transformation Award winner uses online courses and adaptive learning tools to meet the varying needs of their students, who represent different demographic, economic and geographic backgrounds.

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National Study Shows Online Literacy Engagement Minimizes COVID Slide

eSchool News

Data for more than 1 million students using Achieve3000 Literacy, an online solution for differentiated and personalized literacy instruction in Grades 2-12, during the 2019 and 2020 school years, demonstrates: Students Lost Only 12% of Potential Learning Gains. Encourage Student Participation.

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The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping

The Hechinger Report

JumpStart provided a pipeline to NOVA as more than a third of students enrolled in the fall (while community college enrollment fell by around 10% at the start of the school year compared with 2019, NOVA enrollment increased by 2%). The program also bolstered access to learning opportunities at times limited by availability and affordability.

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PROOF POINTS: How can tutors reach more kids? Researchers look to ed tech

The Hechinger Report

Another tutoring researcher, Philip Oreopoulos at the University of Toronto, is studying whether once-a-week Zoom tutoring sessions at home are sufficient for some students when combined with practice problems from Khan Academy, a nonprofit organization that provides free online learning.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

As personalized learning advocates push forward with plans to roll out their approach to many more of the nation’s schoolchildren, it’s worth considering how lessons from 45 years of educating students with disabilities might help shape this latest educational experiment. It maybe takes inclusion a step forward.”.

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What Lessons Does Special Education Hold for Improving Personalized Learning?

MindShift

As personalized learning advocates push forward with plans to roll out their approach to many more of the nation’s schoolchildren, it’s worth considering how lessons from 45 years of educating students with disabilities might help shape this latest educational experiment. Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report ).