Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

Blended learning in credit-recovery courses and alternative schools—areas where students would often have no brick-and-mortar options—has gotten a bad rap because of questions about the rigor of the online learning experience. The school’s graduating class this summer had an 89.8

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

Those barriers include “(1) student assessments that don't accurately reflect students’ true understandings and skills and (2) methods for grouping students (by age) that often poorly align to their true needs as learners.”. There are two separate K-2 groupings, one second/third grade group, and a fourth/fifth group.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In addition to the platform, the company has also brought together 75 experts to form a group which they call the “talent cloud.” The company uses a blended approach pairing in-person activities with the use of the InspirED platform to help practitioners transform their practice.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

This isn’t antithetical to blended or student-centered learning; if Loveless thinks it is, I recommend he visit one of the KIPP LA elementary schools. Second, Loveless assumes that because students may learn these things at different times in a blended-learning world, that it will exacerbate the achievement gap—a legitimate worry.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

Remember: Students are always at different places in their learning. I implemented blended learning last year and my students are now able to advance upon mastery.” When people suggest that educational software is synonymous with competency education, then I know they don’t get it.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Rethinking How Schools Work: Another trend educators have long talked about is the need to make learning more interdisciplinary, interactive and student-driven. Technology could be a productive part of this shift by changing where and how students engage with learning.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

But, in general, students work at their own pace through worksheets, online lessons and small-group discussions with teachers. They get frequent updates on which skills they’ve learned and which ones they need to acquire. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. First, the school offered more hands-on group projects.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

As they have emerged in some states, these programs have been assisted by conservative groups such as Jeb Bush’s Chiefs for Change and the Koch Industries-backed American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). They want them at school learning. Lindsay Russell, director of the ALEC Task Force on Education and Workforce Development.

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