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Practical Applications to Individualize and Personalize Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Possibly one of the most important shifts needed in schools is to provide individualized and personalized learning experiences to students. Learning has fundamentally changed with the evolution of the Internet and other technologies that allow for ubiquitous access to information and knowledge.

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

Marketplace K-12

He also talked about how he thinks policy shifts like the implementation of the common-core standards and the adoption of “open” educational resources are likely to affect the K-12 market, and his company’s work. We’re very confident that our products are aligned to the common core. John Fallon CEO, Pearson.

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This Toolkit Helps Take the Stress Out of State Testing

Edsurge

Built specifically from state and Common Core education standards, Study Island has a fun and easy-to-use interface that’s proven to produce significant academic growth outcomes in math, ELA, science and social studies with just 30 minutes of practice a week. Creating a Personalized Learning Environment at Penn High School.

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What to Know About Miguel Cardona, Biden’s Pick for Education Secretary

Edsurge

17, Cardona addressed Connecticut educators directly, noting that the safety measures put in place have been sufficient to make in-person learning relatively low-risk for students and staff this fall. “If In an op-ed published Dec. DeVos was not in favor of extending that waiver into 2021—and neither, it appears, is Cardona. “The

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High school should be more like preschool

The Hechinger Report

National networks of schools centered on project-based learning, including the Expeditionary Learning and New Tech public school networks, now include hundreds of schools across the country. The adoption of the Common Core standards led many other schools to try the model , too. Probably not,” she said.

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The upside, and the downside, of working ‘as fast as you want and as slow as you need’

The Hechinger Report

The treasure of the competency-based system is that students are allowed to continue their work when school gets out in summer during our “competency-recovery “ time and sometimes into the next year during their Learning Lab time or while sitting in the back of the class they need to finish. Nellie Mae is a funder of The Hechinger Report).

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How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites

Shake Up Learning

Implementation in the primary grades may look different from the examples in this post, but don’t assume that this is just for secondary students. These standards could be content standards such as Common Core or NGSS. But, it also houses information on skill sets and drivers for learning.