Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 8, 2019

The most recent issue of IRRODL included an article titled Effectiveness of OER Use in First-Year Higher Education Students’ Mathematical Course Performance: A Case Study , by Juan I. Consequently, students who print do worse on both quizzes and final exams than their peers who work online. Venegas-Muggli and Werner Westermann.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

His schools have been scrambling to set up online learning, connect students with virtual counseling and get laptops into the hands of families — steps McKneely says will be invaluable if another hurricane disrupts education. “We That doesn’t mean that school districts were up to speed on distance learning, however.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. But the chaotic effort to get students online during Covid school closures made clear the issue affects Americans living in all kinds of places. The homework gap isn’t new.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

based education advocacy group. “It It became clear quite quickly that an investment in stuff, in boxes that plug in, is not really going to pay off with a lot of learning or classroom innovation unless there’s somebody to guide that process.”. Often, she backs up these introductions by co-teaching a class or two. “It

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MARCH 9, 2011

Join onTRACK Advocacy Group in Epsilen for announcements about onTRACK roll out: [link] OnTRACK overview Online learning tools (lessons) for students in math, science, ELA, and social studies developed to increse student preparedness and performance on STAAR high school assessments leading to a higher degree of College and Career Readiness.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., During the in-person instruction days, the district would seek to maximize opportunities for outdoor learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. Surveys and interviews routinely find that many students prefer learning directly from teachers and get tired of looking at screens. I just don’t like doing work on an online platform. Nearly 400 schools use the Summit Learning Program across 40 states.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

But while many districts around the country have moved to remote learning platforms like Google Classroom, Coe was using the school’s copy machine to put together printed packets for his students to take home. In this rural Tennessee county of just 12,000 residents, online learning simply isn’t an option for most families.

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MAY 21, 2021

Wright’s district created a parent university that provided opportunities for parents to understand what their children would be experiencing and how they could support learning at home. Dr. Wright earned her doctorate in leadership studies from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

You are studying what you need to study at your level.”. There’s so much behind music to learn.”. Prepackaged lessons from an online curriculum provider comprised about 80 percent of students’ work in the first year. You are studying what you need to study at your level.” School District.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

The Hechinger Report visited schools in India recently and talked to experts about blended learning – which includes an element of online learning with in-class instruction – and the potential it has for helping both teachers and students in the world’s second-most populous country. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Personalized learning is easy to bastardize.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

ATLANTA — Brent Agnew remembers feeling a sense of relief when he left the meeting called to discuss his 6-year-old son Caleb’s anxiety attacks. Caleb Hacker revisited the campus of one of the several GNETS schools he attended; at this one, some classes were held in trailers. Photo: Jesse Pratt Lopez.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

.” 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.” Via The New York Times : “Moving to Make Amends, Georgetown President Meets With Descendant of Slaves.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

Rodrigues had been traveling the country for weeks, meeting with parent advocacy groups in city after city, and working with them to get their grievances heard and addressed by local school boards. We can say with fidelity it’s the transportation crisis, and lack of social-emotional learning.”.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Rand recognized the classroom sets of literature books she studied from as a senior. Related : Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids? Since she graduated in 2013, the name of the old high school had changed, but not much else. Now they have pages missing. The town square anchors downtown Lexington.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. The Intel Education Study App has now too been discontinued. They’re distracting others. Deliverology".

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “For Betsy DeVos and her former advocacy group, the future of education means ‘ personalization ,’ including virtual schools.” Via The Next Web : “ Facebook is letting Groups create online learning courses – what could possibly go wrong?”

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via ProPublica : “Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ Muslim students tried to meet with a lawmaker. ” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Via The Texas Tribune : “ Texas State Board of Education rejects Mexican-American studies textbook.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The New York Times : “ Udacity , an Online Learning Start-Up, Offers Tech Job Trials.” ” The book was racist.

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