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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

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While the pandemic still took its toll, adapting to online learning was smoother in Lindsay due to its preexisting infrastructure and history of adaptation. Lindsay’s ability to rapidly pivot to remote learning in spring 2020 was largely due to preexisting infrastructure. The post How to do online learning well?

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

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The Altus network relies on a self-paced, independent study program and a personalized, blended learning model they’ve built up over a quarter century. Students spend 80 percent of their time learning from home. Most do the majority of their work online, though some choose to learn with a standard textbook.

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What do at-risk students, English language learners and adult college students have in common?

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BLENDED LEARNING Any instruction that blends the use of computers with human teachers. PERSONALIZED LEARNING An instructional model in which each student studies at his or her own pace, often aided by technology. “The demand side is there,” said Howard Lurie, principal analyst at Eduventures. Educational Terms 101.