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The Do’s and Don’ts of Bringing Personalized Learning Into Rural Schools

Edsurge

Keara Duggan at Education Elements —a technical assistance provider for districts implementing personalized learning—notes: “Many rural families have attended the same schools for generations, and we’ve seen pushback from parents who don’t understand why school is changing for their kids.”.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

The district is working toward this goal through a wide range of bold initiatives, which include offering two years of kindergarten, ending “social promotion,” connecting every student to technology, and putting significant resources into athletic facilities and music programs. “We – Kylie Mollicone, third grade teacher.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

The district is working toward this goal through a wide range of bold initiatives, which include offering two years of kindergarten, ending “social promotion,” connecting every student to technology, and putting significant resources into athletic facilities and music programs. ” - Kylie Mollicone, third grade teacher.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). .” This is at Monticello High School in Albemarle County, Virginia.