Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

An increasing amount of data around personalized educational models like "blended learning" and content-specific software suggests that edtech makes instruction in diverse classrooms more efficient. blended learning). Yet these student growth gains are not reflected in most edtech implementations.

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EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district believes that by making its students feel equal to those in more affluent communities, they will start to see the same outcomes. Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. All schools are equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi.

Blended Learning 138

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 138

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2018

After five years of teaching, most recently as a technology teacher at an elementary school, I was recruited for a role outside of the classroom. In 2017, I began a new position as the director of personalized learning at a public charter school serving students in grades 7-12 in Phoenix. That isn’t good for buy-in.

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Personalized Learning Blended Learning Learning Meeting 73

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district believes that by making its students feel equal to those in more affluent communities, they will start to see the same outcomes. Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. "This is what education is going to look like.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120