The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. Yet, that idea didn’t play out in most states’ first-year ESSA plans.

Personalized Learning 73

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 73

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

By 2025, four additional subject areas will be included: a second language, the arts, health and physical education. For example, internships, team projects and artistic creations could be used to demonstrate mastery in place of a pencil-and-paper tests. Students should be offered multiple ways to demonstrate mastery.

Education 0

Education Report System Course 0

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2019

That’s the separate goal set out by the Lumina Foundation to achieve by 2025. Tennessee, for example, which famously made its community colleges free, is on target to have 55 percent of its residents possess certificates or degrees two years ahead of the 2025 deadline, outgoing Gov. Why haven’t other states had the same growth?”

Policies 110

Policies Report Advocacy Meeting 110

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145