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The Histories of Personalized Learning

Hack Education

You hear a lot of these sorts of proclamations when it comes to “personalized learning,” which is (increasingly) frequently invoked in direct opposition to some imagined or invented version of learning in the present or in the past.

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How Does Acceleration Research Help Schools and Kids Rebound?

The CoolCatTeacher

You can't go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending in volume two of the COVID 19 handbook from the U.S. As you prepare to learn Set Goals Help students create personal learning goals (which speeds up learning) and self assess progress. Department of Education.

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Is recess a right or a privilege?

The Hechinger Report

School districts nationwide have made recess detention part of their formal discipline policy, which in many cases is included in student handbooks. An excerpt from a Minnesota elementary school’s student handbook lists recess detention as a consequence for certain student behaviors. But I am autistic. The bill received pushback.

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Contact Tracing? Sports? Experts Explain School Reopening Research and Recommendations

Edsurge

In February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its operational strategy guide for K-12 schools, a collection of prevention strategies and implementation tips for safe in-person learning. That same month, the U.S.

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Pandemic May (Finally) Push Online Education Into Teacher Prep Programs

Edsurge

For proof, check out the “ Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blended Learning.” There’s a lot left to learn about how to teach kids and teens online, the handbook acknowledges. One struggle is digging through digital resources and “making sure they are meeting the standards” of the state. Archambault agrees.

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How you can teach outdoors (even in the winter!)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I found myself staring into a computer screen to see my 6-year-old students staring back at me from their muted Google Meet squares. When the 2021-2022 school year began, my school returned to in-person learning with everyone wearing masks indoors. Then COVID struck. And suddenly I knew — it was time.

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The Solution is Hyperdocs

EdTechTeam

Along with the amazing experience and a newly formed tribe I returned home with a copy of The HyperDoc Handbook by Lisa Highfill , Kelly Hilton , and Sarah Landis. One of the major challenges I faced in the classroom was meeting the varied needs of my students. The HyperDocs Handbook is a great read and resource book.