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How Education Elements Guides Districts in Creating Environments that Personalize Learning

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Education Elements provides support for schools and districts as they transform their school models to personalize learning. The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. He founded Education Elements to meet that need.

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Going Back to School to Learn About Blended Learning

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

As an online learning tool, Listen Current fits well into blended learning, but I wanted to learn more about how schools are adopting it and how we as a company can be more attractive to schools using blended learning. This is where new ed-tech companies can come into the picture. Recently I was invited by the Natick, Mass.

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What Are the Most Common Ethical Issues in Education

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Multicultural festivals and fairs, along with educational elements introduced during the lessons, are named among the best solutions for confronting diversity issues. Giving the students the stage for self-expression and educating them on our differences from an early age can be the key to a more tolerant and accepting society.

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Coronavirus is poised to inflame inequality in schools

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Noah Dougherty, a senior design principal at the education consulting firm Education Elements, wrote in a blog post last week that “the biggest shift virtual learning requires is flexibility and a recognition that the controlled structure of a school is not replicable online.” BrainPop, Kahoot!,

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In the marketplace: Measuring student progress, new digital solutions, personalized learning, and more

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Check below for the latest marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education. The tool, called the Student Growth Simulator , was developed by Chiefs for Change , researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Education , and Tembo , an education technology firm.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

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Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. blended learning).

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How Mastery Design Collaborative Helps Schools Redesign their Models to Personalize Learning

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Prior to launching the nonprofit organization, both co-founders worked together at Education Elements , consulting with districts around designing and implementing blended learning models. Moving forward, ASCEND is interested in finding a different edtech tool to help students and teachers manage goals and progress tracking.