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'Lost in the Cracks' Alabama District Brings Personalized Learning to Incarcerated Youth

Edsurge

Parents in both the virtual and blended learning programs are interviewed before students enter to ensure students are supported throughout the online learning process at home. We sit down with students and create a personalized learning plan for each of them. Most of them were dropouts.” “In

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Their changed view — and that of others who shunned Rogers and now want in — is driven by what seems to be a magic educational elixir: personalized learning. But personalized learning raises big questions about educational equity. What can that look like? When Dan D.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. Critics complain that the schools lack rigor and often use software programs vulnerable to cheating , such as Edgenuity. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. Some students reported finishing a course in two weeks. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report.

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Will the students who didn’t show up for online class this spring go missing forever?

The Hechinger Report

She and her colleagues have had to intercede in evictions, deliver supplies and report children in dire circumstances to child protective services since the start of the pandemic. Other districts around the country have reported similarly high numbers of missing students. Credit: Bonnie Arbittier, San Antonio Report.

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What is an intelligent learning platform for schools and universities?

Neo LMS

Especially during the past two years, the interest and necessity of online learning have skyrocketed. . Students have continued pursuing their studies despite prolonged lockdowns through platforms such as learning management systems (LMSs) and video conferencing software. Intelligent learning platform benefits for K-12 schools.

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Movie magic could be used to translate for the deaf

The Hechinger Report

His laboratory is developing software to animate ASL avatars. About three quarters of deaf and hard-of-hearing students in America are mainstreamed, learning alongside hearing students in schools and classes where sign-language interpreters are often in short supply. That reading deficit slows their learning in every other subject.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.