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Top STEM Schools in Georgia Host High-Tech Personalized Classes Without Hours of Screentime

Edsurge

What makes the place truly unique, however, is the way Marc Pedersen and his wife Tricia Pedersen have set up their classes to offer students a differentiated, high-tech, personalized learning experience—all without relying heavily on screen time. They are graded on a pass or fail basis.

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Why Schools Can’t Talk About Family Engagement Without Talking About Race

Edsurge

A critical component of Young’s organization success stems from listening closely to what families in the local community need. “We Yet, there is an alarming trend of pulling back from in-person learning among Black, Brown and Asian families that has only been amplified during the pandemic.

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We Run a Hybrid School. Here’s How We’re Adapting Our Schedule for the Times.

Edsurge

A few years ago, we wrote an article for EdSurge about our school, Taos Academy, and its personalized learning model, focused on flexible weekly scheduling. In that model, students come to campus a few days a week and learn online the rest of the time—not unlike what many schools are experimenting with these days.

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The Power of Positive Climate and Culture

EdTechTeam

As a coach assisting teachers with technology integration and personalized learning, I notice patterns arising from teacher to teacher. The importance of climate and culture in a classroom and across a school are imperative to successful technology integration, personalized learning, and empowered learning.

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5 Higher-Ed Innovators Share Challenges, Ideas for the Future of Digital Learning

Edsurge

Candace Thille, Head of Stanford Open Learning Initiative (OLI) Researcher Candace Thille of Stanford University is notable for developing the Open Learning Initiative at Carnegie-Mellon University, which has moved to Stanford. Minerva prefers the more intimate approach of small seminars with 15 to 20 students, Katzman says.

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How Passion Projects and Community Partners Create Relevant Learning for Teens in School

MindShift

As part of a series on reimagining Cedar Rapids, the company tapped Cornally — a high school STEM teacher whose subjects have included calculus, physics and computer science — to spearhead an effort called “The Return to School Project.” She had weekly seminars on the content and then was asked to apply it to her refugee project.

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What’s school without grade levels?

The Hechinger Report

Two teachers, known as “academic advisors,” were on call to field questions and ensure everybody stayed on task (the teachers also lead weekly seminars or labs to bolster the computer work). Still, it has been hard enough to schedule just one weekly seminar, he said. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. We take the tests.

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