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What’s in a Name? Inside the Pricey, ‘Laborious’ Process of Education Rebrands

Edsurge

In late October, education policy and advocacy group iNACOL opened its annual conference with a bang. INACOL—the International North American Council for Online Learning—would henceforth be known as the Aurora Institute , a name taken from the Latin word for “dawn.” One reason for the shift?

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Surveys Find Districts Are Using More Edtech Tools — and Teachers Are Bearing the Costs

Edsurge

The survey asked what kinds of approaches the respondents would invest more money in if they could double their learning budget. VR simulation was in the top three, at 51 percent, behind virtual online learning (57 percent) but ahead of social learning (46 percent). and definitely increases costs for districts.”

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

edWeb.net

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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

The Hechinger Report

That had largely been relegated to online math lessons, part of separate periods of personalized-learning time when students are free to work through computer-based lessons in any subject they chose, at their own pace. My son comes home so excited when he passes a focus area,” Swift wrote in an email.

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Counseling kids during the coronavirus: A tough job made even tougher

The Hechinger Report

Just before this crisis began, Arizona was poised to spend millions more on boosting its thin roster of counselors, thanks in part to the advocacy of students like Kumar. There are definitely counselors losing sleep over if their kids are OK.” Similar trends have appeared in other states. My job was mostly reactive.”.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” “ The Top 10 Companies Working on Education in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

I’m also curious how this news – again, I’m not sure two closures are really a “trend” – will affect student loan startups. ” On Tuesday a court dismissed a petition by Ashford Universit y (owned by Bridgepoint Education ) to allow its online programs to be eligible for GI Bill benefits.