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‘Students Are Lonely:’ What Happens When Coronavirus Forces Schools Online

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Another educator started a burgeoning Facebook group for international educators to trade tips, and another began a detailed list of helpful online tools, including the digital portfolio platform Seesaw and the ebook library Epic. So far, the digital learning plans have been a boon to educators looking for advice.

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Pandemic May (Finally) Push Online Education Into Teacher Prep Programs

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A Foundation of Research You wouldn’t necessarily know it from the pandemic-era panic, but online education for elementary and secondary schools is not new. For proof, check out the “ Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blended Learning.” Enrollments in these schools have been growing about 6 percent per year. McGhee says.

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Miami-Dade using itlearning LMS in pilot

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The nation’s fourth largest public school district, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS), is running a semester-long pilot program utilizing the itslearning learning management system (LMS) to select, deliver and manage the instructional components for secondary level social science courses in 10 schools.

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Massachusetts districts now trade notes on best paths to personalized learning

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Blended learning was the gateway to personalized learning in the Natick Public Schools, about 20 miles west of Boston. The district made sure each child had a laptop to use in class almost a decade ago, according to the current director of digital learning, Grace Magley. Public Schools.

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3 Ways to Deploy 3000 Devices in Your District

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With this strong vision and an increase in resources, the Digital Learning department at Renton set out to design models of implementation that would allow each school to best support teachers with the new devices. After facilitating about a dozen meetings, the following models emerged. Creating plans for smooth implementation.

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Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

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Holmes County Central High School is one of eight rural schools participating in a new, blended learning AP Physics program. We’re getting legislation [about online learning] pushed in quickly and rolled out really rapidly, and we really still don’t have sufficient evidence,” Miron said. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Can Online Learning Level the AP Playing Field for Rural Students?

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“We’re getting legislation [about online learning] pushed in quickly and rolled out really rapidly, and we really still don’t have sufficient evidence,” Miron said. Although it’s not easy to track participation in online programs, a report by the Evergreen Education Group , a leader in digital learning research, estimated that some 2.7