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The Biggest Challenge to Personalized Learning is Getting Buy-In

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There is no single accepted definition, nor is there a single right approach or way to measure its impact. But in a recent study of 450 educators, including district leaders, school leaders, teachers, private businesses and other groups from 46 U.S. By name alone, personalized learning sounds like just another jargon-heavy initiative.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them. The teacher assigns each student to a group and lesson based on her knowledge of that student’s strengths and weaknesses, determined in part by data provided through learning software.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them. The teacher assigns each student to a group and lesson based on her knowledge of that student’s strengths and weaknesses, determined in part by data provided through learning software.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Education Dive : “ West Virginia considers shutting down public colleges.” ” That’ll definitely bring back the coal jobs. Immigration and Education. And some related humor from McSweeney’s : “Quick Facts About the Silicon Valley Microschool That’s Disrupting Education.”).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Hechinger Report : “How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.” ” Also via The Hechinger Report : “The future of proficiency-based education.” ” The Calgary Board of Education has sent a notice to parents , warning them of the data breach at Edmodo.