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In Utah, personalizing learning by focusing on relationships

The Hechinger Report

The driving philosophy now is that all students should achieve certain learning outcomes and the school day should be built around helping them do so. The change that I’ve seen in parent-teacher conferences has been amazing,” he said. “To Related: Giving students a say. A big part of this shift was to change the grading system.

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

And even before June’s historic civil rights protests, the issue of racism permeated the National Association for Gifted Children’s (largely white) November 2019 conference in Albuquerque. There are gifted dropouts. Kaiden sat down next to them and Mariah pushed the iPad closer so he could see. Lookit lookit lookit!

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Learning Revolution Free Events - The Conference - Next Up #Reinvent14 - Appreciative Inquiry and AERO

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We want YOU to present at the Reinventing the Classroom conference on May 1st - all about the impact of ed tech on the classroom experience. If you''re going to ISTE or live in Atlanta, don''t miss ISTE Unplugged , our set of fun activities around the annual ISTE conference. Submissions are due by April 25th. More information here.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The Flatiron School has released its latest “outcomes report.” “ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? “ Should big data be used to discourage poor students from university? ” asks ZDNet. ” asks the Pioneer Press.