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How does an intelligent learning platform help teachers create a truly personalized learning environment?

Neo LMS

So, how can educational institutions offer a personalized learning environment for students without having to divide them into smaller groups based on their interests and level and get a separate teacher for each group? This multitude of materials ensures that students access more information and more content formats.

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

Digital Promise

This League of Innovative Schools meeting was focused on equity, and showcased how BCPS is making strides toward providing access and opportunity for all students. Over the course of three days, meeting attendees collaborated in working groups on topics like competency-based education, personalized learning, and maker research.

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OPINION: Misguided payment policies that fuel the college-dropout trap

The Hechinger Report

This group of 11 large public universities says individual payment shortfalls of $1,000 or less put 4,000 of its Pell-eligible seniors at risk of dropping out. That student might be barred from registering for courses until the balance is paid down. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. And to what end?

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Some evidence for the importance of teaching black culture to black students

The Hechinger Report

A Stanford University study finds that dropout rates were lower in Oakland, California, high schools that offered a special class for black students called the Manhood Development Program. Advising and college counseling were part of the course, too. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Choose from our newsletters.

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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

The Hechinger Report

Talent Development Secondary, a nonprofit that grew out of a Johns Hopkins University study on dropout rates, is the data-driven arm of the Diplomas Now model; it identifies kids at risk of dropping out and establishes a schoolwide process of intervention and support services to keep them on track to graduate.

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Online Learning vs. Classroom Learning Research

eSchool News

Advocates of online learning cite flexibility and access, while proponents of in-person instruction emphasize social interaction and hands-on learning. Proponents of online learning highlight its flexibility and accessibility. One advantage of online learning is its flexibility.

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A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education is so slow to change

The Hechinger Report

Dave Kieffer, principal analyst,Tambellini Group. There are complexities to it that are different on purpose,” said Dave Kieffer, principal analyst at the higher education research and advisory firmthe Tambellini Group. “I’ve seen a lot of corporate leaders come to higher ed and think they can run it like a bank. And you can’t.