Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

There are organizations that support different kinds of transformation in schools and after researching and interviewing some of these organizations, we've learned a great deal about what these changes can look like, how schools go about redesigning aspects of their model, and what types of support they need along the way. Stay tuned!

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. million to the firm for personalized-learning consulting services. To help teachers implement the learning model, schools and districts are increasingly paying top-dollar for specialized consultants.

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Education Elements

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

After an inspirational tour of personalized learning hotspots in Music City, your friends at Education Elements have put together the ultimate PL day-trip.

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Education Elements

AUGUST 22, 2018

At first glance, personalized learning and high-quality curriculum may seem like opposing movements. However, they both aim to deepen student learning and approach that task with a variety of strategies that, when paired, are a powerful set of tools.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Her Instructional Theory into Practice (ITIP) model helped me identify the strategies I would use on a daily basis to help my students learn. These included the anticipatory set (hook), reviewing prior learning, checking for understanding, forms of practice, and closure. Think about this for a second.

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Education Elements

AUGUST 22, 2018

At first glance, personalized learning and high-quality curriculum may seem like opposing movements. However, they both aim to deepen student learning and approach that task with a variety of strategies that, when paired, are a powerful set of tools.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

The consulting firm Education Elements designated four factors as the keys to successfully integrating a personalized learning model, based on its experience with 100 districts, 300 schools and 300,000 students. Students can review their own data to make learning decisions. The Core Four.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2016

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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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

With myriad definitions of personalized learning and little agreement on which one is the best, leaders and teachers struggle to know if they are doing personalized learning “right.”. Focusing on these four elements transforms classrooms in a sustainable and measureable way.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 26, 2023

During the edLeader Panel “ The Art of Implementing Well ,” Anthony Kim, Chief Learning Officer at Education Elements, a Scholarus Learning Company, talked with two superintendents about how to successfully implement strategic plans. From the beginning, Kim made it clear why implementing well is so important.

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Education Elements

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Though it took time, the current market for high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) is strong and presents states, districts, and educators with a different set of challenges. Join us as we explore key issues and potential solutions through a series of blogs, webinars, and videos.

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Education Elements

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Three years into their personalized learning journey, there are still at least a few teachers in their building who are resistant to the instructional shifts necessary to make learning personalized for each child. If you are a leader facing a similar situation, here are four key strategies for moving forward.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Five years into a massive transition to a personalized learning model, Educators at Fulton County School District in Georgia are scratching their heads wondering where they went wrong. District leaders even went so far as to dub the hardware “personalized learning devices.” “At

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Some districts are using fully remote learning models to start, some are opting for hybrid models, while others are implementing new safety protocols to begin in-person learning. Twenty-four districts have said they will be sharing data about students’ learning to families. Other Resources.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

There are many elements critical to the success of change management initiatives, including those involving blended and personalized learning. Take the time to come up with a strategy before you dive into tactics - you will be much more effective. Listen, don’t just talk. But don’t stop there.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 10, 2019

Seven years ago, a wide-scale digital learning conference was unheard of because the majority of school districts across the country weren’t equipped with the infrastructure or technology to implement a robust digital curriculum. How can educators empower their students to pursue passion and purpose in their own learning?

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Education Elements

AUGUST 13, 2019

At The Learning Accelerator (TLA), a national nonprofit that learns alongside educators and system leaders at the forefront of blended and personalized learning, we’re often asked about common change management pathways and learnings about how to do it well.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Separate from its Playbook that helps define a vision, Education Elements , a consulting firm, helps schools and districts design next-generation teaching and learning models. Download and examine Ed Elements’ three models for elementary schools and its three models for secondary schools. There’s more from Ed Elements.

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Education Elements

APRIL 13, 2016

Here in part four of my virtual school blog series , I offer 25 things to consider for your virtual program’s success, grouped under 5 main categories: Strategy, Design, Curriculum, Support and Operations. We’ve re-worked our well-received Personalized Learning Implementation Framework to focus on the needs of virtual schools.

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Education Elements

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Personalized learning is no exception; misconceptions about it often lead educators away from strategies and practices that could help students succeed. Time and again we have seen that assumptions or misconceptions can get in the way of progress and success.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

As Education Elements has worked with districts across the country, we’ve found a few simple guidelines can help make the visioning process invigorating and inspiring rather than routine or frustrating. Long, awkward silences may follow periods of disagreement. It doesn’t have to be this way. The vision in its day-to-day form? “We

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

As Education Elements has worked with districts across the country, we’ve found a few simple guidelines can help make the visioning process invigorating and inspiring rather than routine or frustrating. Long, awkward silences may follow periods of disagreement. It doesn’t have to be this way. The vision in its day-to-day form? “We

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MIND Research Institute

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Access to technology is not enough to improve student learning. Other studies on various education technology programs show varying amounts of impact. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology released a Learning Technology Effectiveness report based on over fifty research articles.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Every day at Digital Promise, we work with leading educators, researchers, and developers across the country to help close the Digital Learning Gap and improve learning for all. Applying Research to Truly Personalize Learning. Competency-based Learning In Your District. Can Students Create VR?

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 29, 2017

Access to technology is not enough to improve student learning. Other studies on various education technology programs show varying amounts of impact. Why do we see such a range in the impact of education technology on student test scores? Developing connected knowledge, not just learning isolated facts.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

At the beginning of the year, we sat down with our respective standards to discuss strategy. Once the details were sorted, it was time to start learning. Besides making learning more engaging, combining classes has helped students progress academically. Perhaps best of all, smath always us to personalize learning in new ways.

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Education Elements

AUGUST 19, 2015

Today we have access to more instructional strategies, procedures, and technologies than ever before.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

And we're serving more and more students who are just learning English. Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability. We're mainstreaming those with special needs.

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Education Elements

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Close your eyes and imagine yourself in an all-purpose room with uncomfortable chairs and a trainer lecturing to a whole-group about the latest small-group teaching strategies. We’ve all been there, right? Stuck in PD sessions with facilitators who don’t practice what they preach.

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Education Elements

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The school leader who is working on new strategies may keep quiet about them in a meeting with others, in case her peers try to dissuade her. It feels like something you kind of want to tell everybody about, but also don’t want anybody to know.

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Education Elements

JANUARY 18, 2022

Erin Conklin’s eyes light up when she talks about the primary and secondary source student book she created for Duval County Public School’s African American Studies elective.

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Education Elements

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The school leader who is working on new strategies may keep quiet about them in a meeting with others, in case her peers try to dissuade her. It feels like something you kind of want to tell everybody about, but also don’t want anybody to know.

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Education Elements

JANUARY 18, 2017

Some folks have taken a stand against innovation , given its use as a catchall strategy. Out of the hundreds of strategies for and stories of innovation, I believe there are ten key lessons we can draw out to support us in creating cultures of innovation in schools and districts. Why ten lessons?

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2018

In 2017, I began a new position as the director of personalized learning at a public charter school serving students in grades 7-12 in Phoenix. The school wanted to move into personalized learning, and was looking for someone to lead the charge. It was an exciting transition for me.

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Education Elements

MARCH 15, 2017

Through examining what is most important, prioritization creates the focus necessary to build a shared vision and define a strategy that evolves and adapts to account for the uncertainty inherent to addressing complex problems. Here are three steps to help your team get good at prioritizing.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Until recently, one of the only things people talking about personalized learning could agree upon was that there was nothing standardized about it. But in a recent study of 450 educators, including district leaders, school leaders, teachers, private businesses and other groups from 46 U.S. Align it, don’t add it.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

(And some related humor from McSweeney’s : “Quick Facts About the Silicon Valley Microschool That’s Disrupting Education.”). Edsurge on Education Elements : “Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting.” Teens as Adults.”

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