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The Do’s and Don’ts of Bringing Personalized Learning Into Rural Schools

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Rural schools have received little attention in national conversations around education reform—even though they serve nearly 1 in 5 students in America. Could personalized learning and the use of technology fundamentally change rural student outcomes? Perhaps—but there’s a problem. . Perhaps, but there’s a problem.

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Tips for Educators: The Innovator in You and the Future of District Organizations

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Innovation has become so frequent that it’s part of everyone’s vernacular and a topic in many industries including healthcare, auto manufacturing, and education. This book made innovation cool even in education. Within the last two decades, the barrier to entry to be innovative has dramatically decreased.

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Innovation at the Secondary Level: 5 Misconceptions

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Personalized learning is no exception; misconceptions about it often lead educators away from strategies and practices that could help students succeed. Sometimes, misconceptions represent more than small gaps in knowledge--they can be ingrained into industry-wide best practices, with disastrous results.

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[Guest Post] The Future of Learning is Now

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The Jaquelin Hume Foundation’s mission is to accelerate the implementation of high quality blended/personalized learning in America’s schools. Professor Christensen was planning to apply the disruptive lens to social issues and education was his first priority. Personalized learning is an idea whose time has come.

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An Open Letter to Appointed Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos

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Betsy, this is why I am writing to you today, as you embark on your mission to “make American education great again” or, as I believe, prepared for the future. Education Elements were charter schools, it is important to first establish the tremendous respect I have for the level of innovation we have seen come out of these establishments.

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The Future of District Organizations: How Educators Can Be Innovators

Education Elements

Innovation has become so frequent that it’s part of everyone’s vernacular and a topic in many industries including healthcare, auto manufacturing, and education. This book made innovation cool even in education. Within the last two decades, the barrier to entry to be innovative has dramatically decreased.

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21 Hours at ISTE - Enough of a Good Thing

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With over 14,000 educators, what seemed like as many industry experts and vendors (don’t worry, it wasn’t actually that many!) ISTE is, in a word, overwhelming. and more panels, workshops and speakers than we could possibly count, there is an incredible amount to take in.

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