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The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed

The Hechinger Report

This increase has been felt by leaders on the ground, including those who run home-school groups or online home-school communities for Hispanic and Latino families. Gisela Quiñones in Indiana has been home-schooling her two children for years and runs a Facebook group for Latino families who home-school. They’re average.”.

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Toilet Paper, Bread and Eggs.

There is no box

It’s a throwback to a world without the Internet, or SnapChat, or X-Box, or Facebook, or YouTube. It’s time to drop the crazy idea that we can expect kids to learn while sheltered in place at home the same way they did when they were compelled to attend physical school. Paper Packets vs. Online Learning.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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Schooling has changed forever. Here’s what will stay when things go back to normal

The Hechinger Report

In the CRPE/RAND study, educators said Zoom, Facebook Live and YouTube have been effective, low-cost ways to connect with families. And moving meetings online has increased community participation and engagement. I don’t see parents wanting to go backwards.”. Parents are a bit more timid about coming into the building,” she said.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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These parents want more virtual learning. New Jersey says they’re on their own

The Hechinger Report

Jersey City Public Schools, which only opened for in-person learning at the end of April, long after many other districts, seemed unsafe for learning even before the pandemic. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, virtual learning has worked for her son, who has autism and ADHD.

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Different Definitions of Personalized Learning Conflict, Cause Confusion

MindShift

It’s called personalized learning: What if each student had something like a private tutor, and more power over what and how they learned? It found that schools using some form of personalized learning were, on average, performing better ( there were some wrinkles we’ll talk about later on).