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A vocational school curriculum that includes genocide studies and British literature

The Hechinger Report

I came here for both — the training and the academics,” says Miller, who plans to study biology in college, of her decision to attend Essex Tech. One way the school has tried to encourage students’ to keep their options open is by introducing college seminar-style classes like the Genocide Studies course, currently an honors-level elective.

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3 Ways a Company Can Personalize Its Support for Teachers

Edsurge

Education is awash with efforts to personalize learning. But what does it mean for a company to personalize its support for the teachers who use its product? Teachers learned how to move their existing curriculum from Google Drive into collaborative Kiddom classes.

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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

Many courses are integrated to scaffold learning, but also to make content relevant. A social studies class at Manchester School of Technology Photo: Manchester School of Technology. Related: School of Me: Letting students study what they want, when they want is the latest education trend.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.” Manufacturing Trends.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Personalized learning is one of the most popular goals in schools today. The computers themselves bring concerns about the negative effects of screens on children’s learning and brain development. MESA, Ariz.

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14 of The Best Math Games For Kids -Fun and Educational Math Apps for Children

Fractus Learning

Designed by sixth-grader Sam Ritchie during a Design A Game math workshop, Mental Math is a fun mental math game for kids and an exciting way to learn math in 5 th -7 th grade. The kids’ math activities and books cover the Common Core Standards and the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework.

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A school where you can’t fail — it just takes you longer to learn

The Hechinger Report

They will be encouraged to attend workshops and school tours in the hope, one DOE official said, that they will find elements that they can use in their own classrooms. Mastery-based learning, of course, has its critics. Related: District says 24 credits and a D-minus average aren’t enough. “We 442, teachers said.

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