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Framework: Ed Elements Provides Model, Plan, Hand-holding

Edsurge

Customized Experiences: A member of the Education Elements consulting team will create a custom roadmap, set of prioritized actions and library of relevant resources, based on the district’s needs. Download and examine Ed Elements’ three models for elementary schools and its three models for secondary schools.

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What a Summer Prototype Taught Us About Measuring Quality in an Unbundled Education System

Edsurge

A growing number of states and local communities are examining how to shift to student-centered, competency-based learning systems. Denver Public Library Dev Camp : a week-long summer camp where young adults learn the basics of web development, including HTML and CSS, as well as an introduction to JavaScript. .

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What Does a School Need to Enable Learning Based on Student Competency?

MindShift

A CompetencyWorks report, “Maximizing Competency Education and Blended Learning: Insights from Experts,” looks at ways that the movement for personalization dovetails with blended learning and competency-based learning to achieve a more student-centered approach to school.

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Can Personalized Learning Be Scaled to Ease Teacher Burdens and Close Achievement Gaps?

Edsurge

EdSurge: How can curriculum providers help schools address teacher burnout and reduce gaps in student learning? Smith: The modern classroom sits at the intersection of blended learning, competency-based learning and personalized learning.

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Why a K-12 Operating System is the Next Step in the Evolution of Edtech

Edsurge

Classrooms gain access to a comprehensive library of standards-aligned resources and curriculum development tools. My teaching experience helped me understand that I didn’t need to buy a blended learning or personalized learning product. I had a process and practice in place, and needed a set of interoperable tools.

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Has New Hampshire found the secret to online education that works?

The Hechinger Report

Related: Rhode Island’s lively experiment in blended learning. Delaney volunteers at the library, works as a counselor in a nearby nature camp and teaches skiing all winter. Summing up what that’s done for her kids, she said, “They’ve learned to enjoy learning.”. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Will “school choice on steroids” get a boost under a Trump administration?

The Hechinger Report

Thanks to a relatively new state policy, all spring Clarke went to the school library during second period for an online sociology class. “It They want them at school learning. Read more about blended learning. Most parents want their kids to go to school,” he said. It’s their identity.”. (In