Education Elements

JULY 15, 2020

The first time I tried to cook a meal in my own place was a disaster. Within 10 minutes, my kitchen was a disaster. Within an hour, my house smelled charred, and I had abandoned all efforts to cook myself dinner. I called my mom frustrated: what went wrong?

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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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Education Elements

JULY 3, 2023

Sometimes we need to pause and create new strategies when the ones we have in place are not working. This applies to school districts today who are facing very challenging circumstances with a record number of educators leaving the profession, math and reading levels at a twenty-year low, and public trust in education eroding.

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Education Elements

MAY 1, 2023

Teachers have a tremendous impact on the learning and lives of their students and communities, and planning a unique and powerful teacher appreciation week is one way to celebrate their incredible contributions.

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Education Elements

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The board wants proof that personalized learning is having a positive impact in your district. Parents are asking for evidence that these new strategies are improving their child’s education. How do you respond? If you haven’t read it yet, go ahead.

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Education Elements

AUGUST 21, 2020

Planning Amidst Change. Aim small, shoot small,” is an old saying that many of us who occasionally enjoy a round of target practice embrace. But in our case, planning small for how to serve kids during this pandemic, simply was not going to work long-term.

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Education Elements

MAY 4, 2020

While the author of the quote isn’t certain (many attribute it to acclaimed management consultant Peter Drucker), the saying “culture eats strategy for breakfast” is commonplace in organizational management circles. It seems like strategy is the one bellying up to the breakfast buffet.

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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. We hope the guide below helps you to decide where to go to see the variety of strategies and approaches schools are taking on the journey toward personalized learning.

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Education Elements

MARCH 21, 2022

In retrospect, we had a clear strategy: take turns in order to share a limited resource while achieving our goal - to get the highest score possible.

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Education Elements

JANUARY 17, 2022

Students got to learn about places they had visited and people they had heard about. When I was a teacher in Washington, D.C. I taught a class on local history. I’ve never taught a class where students were more deeply engaged in the actual content of the class.

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Education Elements

JULY 17, 2019

It was not, “We are moving towards personalization”, or “We are learning about personalization”. We quickly turned to the Ed Elements learning cycle for development and direction. It was simply WE ARE, and this opened the door to panic and excitement and an immediate call to duty.

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The art of implementing initiatives well is a skill that requires a combination of strategy, systems, and responsive leadership. Whether you're a district leader, a campus administrator, or a classroom teacher, mastering this art is essential for achieving your goals and driving positive change within your learning community.

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Education Elements

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The philosophies and strategies of the Coca-Cola Company played a large role in our upbringing and now shape our work as leaders of personalized learning. We've crafted 5 lessons inspired by Coca-Cola which we hope you will find useful, no matter where you are on your personalized learning journey.

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Education Elements

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Why Pursue Personalized Learning? First, we needed to strengthen and monitor our professional learning communities in an effort to evaluate, interpret and utilize data for personalized learning and differentiated instruction to increase learning and growth.

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Education Elements

MARCH 18, 2020

On the one hand, it’s important to share strategies at a time like this. On the other hand, I haven’t found a ton of equity strategies to share. I’ve written several blog posts and admittedly, this has been one of the harder ones. I struggled with this dilemma and even considered shelving the post entirely.

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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. “I

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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

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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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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Education Elements

JANUARY 9, 2023

Recently I attended an event called, “Synergy in the Sciences to Support Literacy Instruction” hosted by Lexia Learning. It was a small round table discussion, including higher education leaders, researchers, politicians, policymakers, and district administrators.

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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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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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Education Elements

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

To support the planning of opening a virtual school, leaders can be overwhelmed with the volume of questions to consider — logistics, strategy, and purpose to name a few. To guide the planning process, we offer the following table with phases of implementation with related questions.

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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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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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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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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. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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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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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

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Everyone loves a checklist, but for a virtual school leader, there aren’t many to be found. So here is a short one: Know (and empathize with) who you are serving. Identify your critical team members. Develop your instructional model and school processes. Calculate your costs.

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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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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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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 It should have been communicated better. “Now

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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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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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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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