Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

The Pearson Study In what was described as an effort to build transparency around their products, Pearson’s CEO, John Fallon, issued a directive for the company to run externally audited public efficacy tests on the firm’s third-party edtech applications.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Tech companies are circling like vultures , selling their quick fixes to exasperated school systems, and understandably the debates about school sanitization and safety are more impassioned than those about post-Covid pedagogy. Related: Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

. — On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Teachers rarely stand at the front of the classroom.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

“Discovery Education’s culture of innovation is driven by our mission to prepare learners for tomorrow by creating innovative classrooms connected to today’s world,” said Pete Weir, Discovery Education’s Chief Product Officer. However, we recognize that every student comes to the classroom with different approaches to learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

Many investors, foundations and even private equity firms have started so-called impact investment funds with a mission to support companies involved in teaching and learning. In 2016, Lumina launched a venture capital arm to make direct investments in education companies. New Markets Venture Partners was one of the early ones.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

One is an expansion of a coalition of schools that share best practices, called the League of Innovative Schools; the other is a comprehensive report on the ways that competency-based learning initiatives have grown in the six New England states. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. Learn how she uses this tool. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

Digital Promise will award up to ten school or district leaders who submit a response by March 27 with a $1,000 stipend for a trip to San Francisco, including workshops with leading software companies, in partnership with the Education Technology Industry Network. So do most ed-tech companies. ” Mahnaz Charania. .

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

WHAT: Piedmont Middle School is seeking to pilot digital learning programs that support competency-based learning in science and social studies. The school district will review submissions and select product(s) that meet their needs and can be up and running in classrooms by March 2. I have additional questions.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

It became know as the flipped classroom—a modern, video-based version of a model pioneered by a handful of higher ed professors during the 1990s. But notably, a cohesive opposition movement has failed to materialize, in part because research on its impact in the classroom has generally been positive (or at least neutral ).

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eSchool News

MAY 4, 2016

These models are ushering in a new era of personalized learning pathways, teacher empowerment, and student choice. The School Transformation Series will highlight the best and brightest minds within education, including forward-thinking district administrators, school leaders, support staff, and teachers.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

When I was a teacher in a traditional school, I had 20 or more students in my charge at any given time, each with a different learning style, level of engagement, and rate of mastery. Today, I lead a company that creates online models for teaching and learning, yet my mission is much the same as it was when I was in the classroom.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

Gooru’s enhanced, free K-12 content will support a variety of innovative educational models and facilitate the growth of competency-based learning.”. Teachers and students using Gooru can now adapt these high-quality resources for their classrooms.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

These classes also open the door to self-paced personalized learning. Today, edtech companies are actively working on taking digitization even further by converting the traditional LMS into an intelligent learning platform (ILP). For example, they can use gamification in their classroom to boost engagement. .

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

We discuss hiring, inspiring, and having conversations that inspire people to change and improve their classrooms. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. But also, I just remember for example, when Flat Classroom happened.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Yes, this was before Google Classroom existed!) At the time, I had no idea this system was called “standards-based grading.” I was so green at this point in my career that I probably assumed every classroom in the 21st century operated this way. They bought a learning management system (LMS) and asked us to start using it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Moheeb is part of a new program that is challenging the way teachers and students think about academics, and his school is one of hundreds that have done away with traditional letter grades inside their classrooms. The strategy looks different in every classroom, as does the material that students must master. The students at M.S.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Users can also use the NEO advanced features such as automation, gamification, learning paths, and competency-based learning directly from the Windows App. The combined companies now extend from enrollment to graduation in districts that include traditional public, charter, and independent schools across the country.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

The only students here now are in photos, like the one of a VLACS graduation ceremony that hangs in a classroom turned conference room. Like all VLACS teachers, Kent has “office hours” most days, when students can log in to her online classroom, a Skype-like interface, for one-on-one chats about assignments or feedback on a recent test.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Students are constantly filtering the readings through their own experiences of work and life, adding context and relevance to the learning experience. Lamba is working on a media company he started several years ago that helps marginalized people and organizations serving them tell moving stories well. “I COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

“Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.” And there’s a blog post on Medium , because I guess someone thinks it’s a good idea for the Office of Ed Tech to outsource its website to a for-profit company. Edsurge was there too.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. The Flipped Classroom". And “free” doesn’t last.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Under such plans, the funding for a course taken by an individual student goes to the school or online company offering the course, often away from the student’s local district. It’s called “Course Access” or “Course Choice.” We don’t want to lose students. “We She said that although no more than 1 or 2 percent of U.S.

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