Advocacy, Personalized Learning, Report and Strategy

Choosing personalized learning as a strategy for educational equity

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

“Personalized learning” is among the most discussed initiatives in education today. Most schools nationwide say they’ve implemented personalized learning, to some degree. It makes personalized learning a strategy for equity. Related: Rethinking grade levels and school design for personalized learning.

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Resource: iNACOL’s Reports on Next-Generation Learning

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

It does this through: Advocacy. Creating knowledge (through research and reports). Identifying models of next-generation learning. Materials include reports to help shape vision, such as: What’s Possible with Personalized Learning? Additionally, a section of reports address policy issues.

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Does the future of schooling look like Candy Land?

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

Teachers used those colorful pathways in a competency-based system to track what each student had learned — and hadn’t learned — in real time. Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report. Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks.

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

Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

A worksheet on a screen may save trees, but it will not inherently provide research-based strategies to support every unique learner. While there are certainly exceptions, this human interaction standard can serve as a compass to guide our investments and advocacy. Education is too fundamentally important to the health of our society.

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EdTech Dropout Advocacy Outcomes

Twice exceptional, doubly disadvantaged? How schools struggle to serve gifted students with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

Rachel Blustain for The Hechinger Report. We see kids whose challenges don’t show up on their report card, so they aren’t getting services,” said Jennifer Choi, a parent and founder of the advocacy group 2eNYC and a trustee of the nonprofit Twice Exceptional Children’s Advocacy. Rachel Blustain for The Hechinger Report.

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?Framework: Future Ready Schools’ Commitment and Dashboard

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

“For personalized learning to thrive, principals must create a culture of innovation that brings together students, teachers, administrators, parents and the community to share a vision for an improved learning experience.”. What the program offers. For extra help, FRS has created tutorial videos.

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When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments.

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Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A decorated educator of 21 years, Monica has received honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations for her leadership, advocacy, and classroom instruction. Barbara also served as editor and publisher of the first electronically delivered education newsletter, the Daily Report Card. Join the Community.

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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020. Gary Miron, an education researcher who co-authored a National Education Policy Center report on for-profit charter schools. At Stride Inc.,

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As states push for news ways of learning, some kids and parents feel left behind

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Personalized learning lets Champlain Valley Union High School sophomore Bella Curtis study toward a certificate in horse management. We have to engage in a movement,” Susan Patrick, CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group known as iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning), told the cheering crowd of 3,000 true believers.

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Current Trends in Education

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Current education trends point to personalization and accessibility Keeping up with current trends in education is essential for educators Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News In the dynamic landscape of K-12 education, several trends are shaping the way students learn and educators teach.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. His school and his state are trailblazers in personalized learning, a method that tailors instruction to students’ individual interests and learning speeds. Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015.

Personalized Learning

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One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report Gordon is getting a lot of that: plaques, thank-yous, T-shirts, goodbye hugs from parents, teachers and current and former students. Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report The strategy was bolstered in 2019 when Gordon attracted a national college-promotion program called Say Yes.

Education

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?Resource: Project Unicorn Interoperability

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Project Unicorn is an advocacy initiative focused on improving data interoperability within K-12 education. Or as the Hechinger Report noted: “Educators, students, policy makers and the public must be able to understand and use the data. It strives to make the broader case for secure interoperability for students and school system.

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”. Your stories.

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MIA in School: Instilling a Sense of Purpose in Students

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

It’s also a mindset that many teenagers appear to lack, according to research Damon carried out at the Stanford Center on Adolescence: About 20 percent of high school kids report being purposeful and dedicated to something besides themselves.

Advocacy

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In New York state, students can be suspended for up to an entire school year

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Credit: Sarah Butrymowicz/The Hechinger Report New York state allows students to be suspended for up to 180 days — an entire school year. A recent report from a State Education Department task force recommends such a limit in all but the rarest of circumstances. In the meantime, he’d get a few hours of tutoring a week.

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How a New Hampshire school uses personalization to put the tools in the hands of the learners

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Today’s education and cognitive scientists affirm that every learner has a dynamic profile of strengths and challenges that impacts their learning journey. Since its inception in 2002, Making Community Connections Charter School (MC 2 ) has been committed to personalizing learning.

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How Schools Struggle to Serve Gifted Students with Disabilities

MindShift

MAY 6, 2019

This story about twice exceptional students was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Rachel Blustain for The Hechinger Report ). Rachel Blustain for The Hechinger Report). Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Digital Equity in Rural School Districts

edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

CoSN’s Driving K-12 Innovation report addresses this challenge of digital equity in term of how school districts are ensuring that students experience innovative, creative, and engaging learning experiences. Michael Flood currently serves as Vice President of Strategy at Kajeet. Accelerators and Hurdles.

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States can change the way they think about education, but will they?

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A New Hampshire student shows one of his assignments to his mother, biology teacher and math teacher during a personalized learning meeting. Photo: Emily Richmond for The Hechinger Report. Related: Personalized learning: How kids are getting into college by mastering their skills. That’s a tall order from states.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report. To answer that question, The Hechinger Report combed through grant databases, legislative records and lobbying disclosures, looking for the forces and funding behind LD 1422. Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report. The Gates Foundation is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.).

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Schools lead the way to zero-energy buildings, and use them for student learning

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. ” Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report.

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What does ‘career readiness’ look like in middle school?

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

Photo: Stephanie Strom for The Hechinger Report. Good career exploration today is working to develop things in young people — the ability to work as part of a team, the ability to communicate effectively, personal responsibility — that help them have agency in making decisions about careers.”. PLEASANT, S.C. In 2020, the C.E.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

He has published over 250 research articles in academic journals, book chapters in edited volumes, research reports, and editorials in major newspapers. Passionate and committed, we connect educational leaders to the professional learning, leadership development, relationships, and partnerships they need to ensure a long career of impact.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Diverse by Design: Creating CS Programs for All : When working to diversity computer science programs, strategies often look to improve existing programs rather than designing better programs for all from the get-go. But the technology lends a question: to what extent should educational products make assumptions about a user’s end goal?

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School Leadership Strategies for Preventing and Responding to Cyberattacks

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , three district superintendents discussed the impact a district cyberattack has on school communities and strategies to mitigate future attacks. Liability is a concern for district leaders that continues to have broader-reaching consequences. The Threats.

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How One District Went All-in on a Tutoring Program to Catch Kids Up

MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”.

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

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(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.

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When the punishment is the same as the crime: Suspended for missing class

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This story also appeared in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. But a first-of-its-kind analysis by The Hechinger Report and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting has found that attendance-related suspensions are pervasive, in some districts accounting for more than half of all in-school suspensions.

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

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. As defined by the CoSN report, accelerators are megatrends that drive change.

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Resources: Data Quality Campaign and Policy

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Using data well “ensures that students aren’t just counted but that each student counts,” says Data Quality Campaign (DQC), a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization that works for changes in policy and practice around data flow. But DQC has a healthy resource bank that provides ways to support and join its advocacy efforts.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets.

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WHAT’S NEW

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Featuring flexible, modular learning units, STEM Connect provides students an easy-to-follow educational experience through high-quality interdisciplinary resources. EDSBY ( edsby.com ) Edsby has introduced new ways to capture and report on evidence of student learning. Incorporating end user feedback, the 10.0 Illuminate 10.0

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Teachers, deputized to fight the culture wars, are often reluctant to serve

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

Meanwhile, in Texas, the governor has directed schools to report students who are receiving gender-affirming care, such as hormone blockers, as cases of child abuse. Related: Social emotional learning is the latest flashpoint in the education wars. Lawmakers in at least 20 states have introduced similar bills.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

This story also appeared in Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. “I Tucked into the first half of the handbook is a section titled “Corporal Punishment.”.

Elementary

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Department of Education on Monday distributed proposals for rewriting the gainful-employment rule , which the Trump administration halted last summer,” Inside Higher Ed reports. The Verge reports that “GDC rescinds award for Atari founder after criticisms of sexually inappropriate behavior.” Well, well, well.

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Choosing personalized learning as a strategy for educational equity

Resource: iNACOL’s Reports on Next-Generation Learning

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Does the future of schooling look like Candy Land?

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

Twice exceptional, doubly disadvantaged? How schools struggle to serve gifted students with disabilities

?Framework: Future Ready Schools’ Commitment and Dashboard

When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching

Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

As states push for news ways of learning, some kids and parents feel left behind

Current Trends in Education

Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

?Resource: Project Unicorn Interoperability

How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

MIA in School: Instilling a Sense of Purpose in Students

In New York state, students can be suspended for up to an entire school year

How a New Hampshire school uses personalization to put the tools in the hands of the learners

How Schools Struggle to Serve Gifted Students with Disabilities

Digital Equity in Rural School Districts

States can change the way they think about education, but will they?

Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

Schools lead the way to zero-energy buildings, and use them for student learning

What does ‘career readiness’ look like in middle school?

Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

School Leadership Strategies for Preventing and Responding to Cyberattacks

How One District Went All-in on a Tutoring Program to Catch Kids Up

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

When the punishment is the same as the crime: Suspended for missing class

Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

Resources: Data Quality Campaign and Policy

WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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Teachers, deputized to fight the culture wars, are often reluctant to serve

‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

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