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Lexia PowerUp Literacy Wins Best Personalized/Adaptive Learning Tool

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For the second time in two months, Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company (NYSE: RST) has had two of its literacy programs recognized as standouts in a prominent edtech award program. In this latest award program, Lexia® PowerUp Literacy® (PowerUp) was recognized as a winner in the category of Best Personalized/Adaptive Learning App or Tool.

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Two Lexia Learning Products Honored in the 2018 Tech Edvocate Awards

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The online student dashboard encourages students to set goals and take ownership of their learning. Lexia PowerUp Literacy was recognized as a finalist in the category of Best Personalized/Adaptive Learning App or Tool. The judges also took the results of a popular vote into consideration for the finalist selection process.

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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

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But it’s become increasingly unclear if online learning is living up to its promise for students, as concerns persist over quality, inequitable disparities in digital-learning participants and outcomes. Students’ Safety or Privacy? Why Not Both? Speakers from the U.S. Thursday, March 7 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

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Could Remixing Old MOOCs Give New Life to Free Online Education?

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But one outcome of that push towards open online courses was plenty of high-quality teaching material. One of those partners is Fanuel Muindi, who leads the nonprofit Stem Advocacy Institute , which has created a library of educational materials called The Journal of Stories in Science.

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Center for Education Reform Taps Businesses, Charter Schools for Innovation

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The Center for Education Reform , a long-time charter school advocacy organization, says innovation and momentum within the sector of independent schools has slowed, and needs an infusion of new ideas that incorporate new strategies drawn from education technology and other areas. Washington, D.C. Leaders are the difference.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” Crested Pigeon. Montessori 2.0.

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