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3 Tips for Easily Implementing Social-Emotional Learning – by John Gamba

ViewSonic Education

standardized test results suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic reversed nearly two decades of progress in math and reading for K-12 students. In one survey of educators, ViewSonic Corporation found that three-quarters of teachers (75 percent) connected so-called blended-learning models with increased student engagement.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. Unfortunately, though, there are no reliable ratings or certifications for these products -- no Consumer Reports. blended learning).

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. 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. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report.

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

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report Washington Elementary is a K-8 school in Lindsay, an agricultural community in California’s Central Valley. Ushering in a new model.

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Big question for edtech: But how do we know what’s working?

The Hechinger Report

As more than 900 entrepreneurs and educators converge in San Francisco this week, some will talk academic standards, literacy and charter schools. Disclaimer: the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is among the various funders of The Hechinger Report.

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Why all screen time isn’t created equally

The Hechinger Report

My question comes at a time when states like Louisiana are imposing academic standards for preschool education, and as the state education department there is giving $265,000 for technology to 29 parishes participating in a pilot program. The Learning Accelerator on blended learning: `In the future, we’ll just call it learning’.

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What If Your Co-Teacher is a Computer?

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

While students may "level up" as they successfully complete lessons, there is no real individual assessment grades to report. Alignment to academic standards is usually more prominent and obvious. Secondly, when the student is working on the platform in person, the educator is assessing the behavior of the student. Frustrated?