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

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Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Kids are helped along by access to take-home devices and individualized learning plans that allow them to progress through class material at their own speed. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said. Ushering in a new model.

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What a blended learning classroom really looks like: An urban teacher’s reboot

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Four Ways to Redefine Parent Teacher Conferences—With a Little Help from Ironman

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As a former New York City high school teacher, I know that parent-teacher conferences seldom provide parents with enough time to process what their children learned, what they’re interested in, and what needs improvement. I inserted the sheet onto my class homepage and made it publicly accessible for students to track themselves. (Of

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How 2Revolutions is Helping Schools, Districts, and States Support Future of Learning Models

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In 2011, Rubin and Kern co-authored and released, Designing The Future of Learning, a white paper focused on the transformation taking place in the educational system. The company uses a blended approach pairing in-person activities with the use of the InspirED platform to help practitioners transform their practice.

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What a Summer Prototype Taught Us About Measuring Quality in an Unbundled Education System

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A growing number of states and local communities are examining how to shift to student-centered, competency-based learning systems. The Every Student Succeeds Act begins to create room for states to use a more expansive set of learning providers and to report student success in a variety of ways.

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The Trends and Challenges Shaping Technology Adoption In Schools

MindShift

We’re hoping you don’t see the report as something you read once and file away, but that you start using it to really start stimulating conversation.”. NMC/CoSN Horizons Report: K-12 Edition). Technology could be a productive part of this shift by changing where and how students engage with learning.

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Can Personalized Learning Be Scaled to Ease Teacher Burdens and Close Achievement Gaps?

Edsurge

EdSurge: How can curriculum providers help schools address teacher burnout and reduce gaps in student learning? Smith: The modern classroom sits at the intersection of blended learning, competency-based learning and personalized learning. And the last thing is the automation of teacher workflow.