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How to close learning gaps with the help of an intelligent learning platform

Neo LMS

According to a 2021 McKinsey report , disruptions such caused by the pandemic left K–12 students five months behind in some key subjects such as Math. Learning gaps vary a lot in complexity and intensity. Skills gaps open when students don’t have sufficient chances to practice what they’ve learned. Use competency-based learning.

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The Professional Development Problem

EdNews Daily

Recent studies, including the Gates Foundation, the TNTP Project and Harvard research, all report failing grades from administrators and teachers alike, which is one certainty we can begin with. The training in this area is mostly academically focused, such as common core standards and STEM. With research from the U.S.

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Chinese Edtech Sees $1.86B in Q1 2019, Bucking Plummeting Venture Trend

Edsurge

billion (RMB 241 billion) in contrast to a year earlier, according to a recent report by the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology. secured a $15 million Series A round to further develop its STEM platform for preschool students. In the language-learning market, Dada raised $255 million in its Series D round. million).

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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

Across the country, schools are adopting new approaches to teaching and learning in order to prepare students for life in a technology-rich world. News & World Report , 2015). She explains, “We have a diverse group of learners, and this allows everyone on the team to collaborate and learn from one another.”

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?Three Tips For Introducing Competency-Based Learning Into K-12

Edsurge

By far, one of the most popular topics at the iNACOL conference in San Antonio last week was “competency-based learning"; out of the conference's approximately 200 sessions, 35 had the phrase in their title. . What exactly is competency-based learning? Check out Competency Works' description here.

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The Trends and Challenges Shaping Technology Adoption In Schools

MindShift

We’re hoping you don’t see the report as something you read once and file away, but that you start using it to really start stimulating conversation.”. NMC/CoSN Horizons Report: K-12 Edition). Technology could be a productive part of this shift by changing where and how students engage with learning.

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Join Us for the Third Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 23rd, 2018 in Boston

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Jackson directed the Carnegie Corporation’s Task Force on the Education of Young Adolescents which produced the groundbreaking report Turning Points: Educating Adolescents in the 21st Century, and co-authored the seminal follow-up blueprint Turning Points 2000, considered one of the most influential books on middle school reform.