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Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead

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Communications Planning for Innovation in Education (Education Elements/TLA). “(Do Before the pandemic, MPUSD was also sending weekly 60-second highlight videos called “ MPUSD Minute.” Technology training for parents and caregivers can help those at home gain the knowledge they need to support learning at home.

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Vote for Digital Promise’s SXSW and SXSW EDU 2018 Session Ideas

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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. We’re excited for the opportunity to spread the word of what’s happening – and what’s possible – in education. Applying Research to Truly Personalize Learning.

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Coronavirus is poised to inflame inequality in schools

The Hechinger Report

Younger children don’t have the independent learning skills, attention spans or social-emotional maturity to succeed in virtual learning environments for very long, let alone the troubleshooting skills they will inevitably need to manage whatever technology they’re using. Many middle and even high schoolers aren’t much better equipped.

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Personalized learning can be a tool for equity or a barrier to it

The Hechinger Report

Juliana Finegan is a managing partner at The Learning Accelerator, a nonprofit that advocates using data and technology to improve instruction. Morgan Tigert, high school special education teacher, Corcoran Unified School District in central California. ”. Flexibility is key, she said.

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Communications Tips for School Leaders

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Find videos and visuals from other district to share when you are starting out. Anthony Kim is the founder & CEO of Education Elements, a education consultancy. Show, don’t tell. For many, seeing is believing and your strategy needs to include ways to bring this work to life. But don’t stop there.

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In the marketplace: Measuring student progress, new digital solutions, personalized learning, and more

eSchool News

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. Skyward has launched Qmlativ Education Management System, the next evolution of the company’s SIS and ERP technology.

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How do teachers know if they are getting personalized learning right?

The Hechinger Report

Through working with thousands of teachers and designing hundreds of instructional models, all with the intention of changing what teaching and learning looks like to provide for a more personalized experience, Education Elements identified four core elements that should exist in every personalized learning environment.