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Personalized Learning Is the Answer. (I Forgot the Question.)

Edsurge

public education these days is personalized learning. Personalized learning is something teachers do, something students do, something teachers do with students, or something students do with one another. Personalized learning is a noun, a verb, and an adjective.

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Framing the Personalized Learning Discussion from Tom Driscoll

EdTechTeacher

Learn more about what Tom is doing with teachers by following him on Twitter: @Mr_Driscoll. Although Personalized Learning has gained considerable traction in education, there is still much confusion and, at times, heated debate regarding what this set of ideas actually means and looks like in practice.

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3 Shifts to Make Learning Personal

A Principal's Reflections

I remember many nights and weekends that I spent countless hours developing a variety of activities that would keep my students engaged while also following the scope and sequence of the curriculum based on the standards that needed to be addressed. In education, a lesson makes or breaks a learner’s experience in a classroom.

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When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

Edsurge

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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Does the future of schooling look like Candy Land?

The Hechinger Report

Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks. Domenech, executive director of the 13,000-member American Association of School Administrators, said he had seen “absolutely a significant increase in interest in competency-based personalized learning that has been driven by the pandemic.”.

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Giving students a say

The Hechinger Report

And he says Vertus’s brand of personalized learning isn’t all that personalized. It’s not like you’re learning different stuff,” Roshawn said. Each student still takes life sciences, global history, algebra and the other courses New York State requires for graduation. It’s just a different pace.” schools today.

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FEV Tutor Named 2021 Tech Edvocate Award Winner for Best Tutoring/Test Prep App or Tool

eSchool News

Winners and finalists were selected by a panel of educators and industry experts who reviewed the submissions and judged the products and services based on the extent to which they are transforming education through the development or advocacy of edtech. Each tutoring session is data-driven and personalized for each student.

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