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Vote for Digital Promise’s SXSW and SXSW EDU 2018 Session Ideas

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Technology can make this growing body of research accessible and practical so developers and educators can use it to truly support the full diversity of learners. Digital Promise and Education Elements collaborated to catalog key CBE choices with over 20 school districts this school year in an online playbook.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

In terms of student proficiency, today's classrooms are more diverse than ever. In these classrooms, teachers face a seemingly impossible task -- providing effective instruction to all the unique students under their care. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability.

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‘Where We Went Wrong’ Atlanta Educators Reflect on ‘Failed’ Tech Implementation

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There was a catch, however: school leaders had to commit to implementing personalized learning models as a prerequisite to receiving free laptops and iPads. We might even be dealing with misconceptions all the way up the ladder,” from classroom teachers to district administrators. Hodge reflected on the last school he observed.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

A notice on Silicon Valley University ’s website says it has been notified by California’s Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education ‘not to conduct any classes or exams at this time, effective immediately.’” ’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).