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Equity Is Not Just About Access. It’s About Success.

Digital Promise

In November 2016, over 250 school district leaders, researchers, thought leaders, and other partners came to Baltimore, Maryland to learn from one of the nation’s most forward-thinking school districts, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS). It’s about success.”

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Ancora High School Partners with McGraw Hill to Launch New Online High School for Adults

eSchool News

In 2020, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the high school dropout rate was 5.3% “Through digital materials that are affordable, accessible, and effective, we can work towards a learning environment that leads to better outcomes for all,” Michael Ryan, President of Higher Education at McGraw Hill.

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Edtech, Equity, and Innovation: A Critical Look in the Mirror

Digital Promise

In our current education system, we continue to see gaps in graduation rates and unequal access to high-quality public schools. When schools persistently graduate less than half of their students of color and students with disabilities, we call those schools dropout factories. We need to make a change.

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Fuel Education Honors Seven Programs for Transforming Education for Students

techlearning

.) – for creating a new way for students to study and explore their interests via access to online courses at a rural school with a 100 percent graduation rate. About Fuel Education Fuel Education® partners with school districts to drive personalized learning and transform the education experience inside and outside the classroom.

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What is an intelligent learning platform for schools and universities?

Neo LMS

These classes also open the door to self-paced personalized learning. Today, edtech companies are actively working on taking digitization even further by converting the traditional LMS into an intelligent learning platform (ILP). The benefits of an intelligent learning platform for schools and universities.

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EdTech Promised to Change How Students Learn, But the Real Revolution Lies Within Us

Edsurge

The company promised to revolutionize how students were taught, except without teachers. The company measured its success based on a curriculum created directly from the test; as it turns out, the company profited off the students' lesson progression.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.