Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

That’s the bottom line and big payoff for listening to this six-podcast series on personalized learning from The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. They recommend seeking out disengaged and underserved students to explore the extent to which those groups can be re-engaged and better served with personalized strategies.

Personalized Learning 89

Personalized Learning Learning Personal Learning Network Advocacy 89

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Distinctive Schools , a network of high-performing charter schools in Chicago, Minnesota and Michigan, offers an example of how to create and operate a personalized learning system.

Personalized Learning 64

Personalized Learning Advocacy Learning Professional Learning 64

EdTechTeacher

JUNE 15, 2018

Learn more about what Tom is doing with teachers by following him on Twitter: @Mr_Driscoll. Although Personalized Learning has gained considerable traction in education, there is still much confusion and, at times, heated debate regarding what this set of ideas actually means and looks like in practice. Learning is social.

Personalized Learning 74

Personalized Learning Future Ready Learning Case Study 74

Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

What was reaffirmed by the amount of time parents spend supplementing the use of virtual programs and the emphasis stakeholders across our personalized learning initiative placed on educator capacity is that education inherently remains a human endeavor. Technology should support rather than replace human interactions.

EdTech 334

EdTech Dropout Advocacy System 334

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

For years, the parent advocacy group worked tirelessly to influence education policy and practices in Oakland. Young had already built considerable credibility with the district through earlier advocacy work and a city-wide literacy campaign conducted by the parent-powered organization.

Advocacy 178

Advocacy Trends Groups Meeting 178

Digital Promise

AUGUST 29, 2017

Although low-skilled adults have minimal access to educational opportunities, I outlined in my 2015 blog post some ways in which technology has the potential to provide critical access to quality, personalized learning experiences for this underserved population.

Mobility 234

Mobility Advocacy Data Accessibility 234

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

Education 218

Education Advocacy Learning Broadband 218

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Image credit: https://andrewherrick.files.wordpress.com If we are to improve learning and ultimately school-based outcomes student agency needs to be a real element of school culture. Student agency is about empowering kids to own their learning (and school) through greater autonomy. It is driven by choice, voice, and advocacy.

Advocacy 150

Advocacy Edmodo BYOD Assessment 150

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks. Domenech, executive director of the 13,000-member American Association of School Administrators, said he had seen “absolutely a significant increase in interest in competency-based personalized learning that has been driven by the pandemic.”.

Competency Based Learning 143

Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 143

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. Some of the conclusions may not come as a surprise in the Omidyar Network’s report on what works in scaling education technology in different regions worldwide. says the report.

Technology 167

Technology EdTech Education Mobility 167

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Other organizations like the Davidson Institute provide similar advocacy support to families of profoundly gifted students.) Related: Personalized Learning: eSN Innovation Roundtable Agency and self-direction: Giving students a voice For more news on gifted students, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Course Meeting Study 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments.

UDL 178

UDL EdTech Student Engagement Advocacy 178

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Join me today, Thursday, February 2nd, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com panel discussion on "Personal Learning Profiles," also referred to in variously as "personal success plans," "learner profiles," or "personalized learning paths."

Personalized Learning 46

Personalized Learning UDL Blackboard Social Media 46

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

And he says Vertus’s brand of personalized learning isn’t all that personalized. It’s not like you’re learning different stuff,” Roshawn said. Personalized learning is among the most popular solutions in U.S. RELATED: A year of personalized learning: Mistakes, moving furniture and making it work.

Personalized Learning 111

Personalized Learning Advocacy Study Report 111

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

Ultimately, Fiske says, the goal is personalized learning. After the poet Amanda Gorman read a poem during President Joe Biden’s inauguration, for instance, lots of Mysa’s fifth and sixth grade students wanted to learn poetry. Students tend to get grouped in at least three different levels at once, Fiske says.

Groups 202

Groups Common Core Advocacy Personalized Learning 202

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Until in-person learning can fully resume, family members are the only adults who regularly work with students on distance learning assignments. American schools are overwhelmingly English-only environments — and too often, this can make them hostile spaces for English learners and their families.

Education 143

Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

While the learning curve has been steep in terms of new technology, and there have been some expected kinks to work out, virtual learning has brought some opportunities that an immediate return to in-person learning may not have. Music teachers need your advocacy and your help.

Online Learning 145

Online Learning Learning Advocacy Personalized Learning 145

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

It does this through: Advocacy. Identifying models of next-generation learning. Materials include reports to help shape vision, such as: What’s Possible with Personalized Learning? An Overview of Personalized Learning for Schools, Families & Communities ; and. Establishing standards.

Report 70

Report Resources Advocacy Blended Learning 70

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Whether it was updating guidelines for early learners to encourage active co-viewing of media with adults, or advocating for personalized learning systems to be more attuned to the interests of the students they were designed to serve, we encouraged leaders and educators to put the learner at the center of the active use of digital tools.

Advocacy 166

Advocacy Guidelines Report Personalized Learning 166

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Personalized learning lets Champlain Valley Union High School sophomore Bella Curtis study toward a certificate in horse management. We have to engage in a movement,” Susan Patrick, CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group known as iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning), told the cheering crowd of 3,000 true believers.

Advocacy 104

Advocacy Learning Conference Common Core 104

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2016

The major advocacy group for public charter schools is concerned that failing online charter schools may be hurting the credibility of the movement as a whole. What we’ve seen, in terms of the research, is that there’s a lot more self-directed learning,” Ziebarth said. Read more about Blended Learning.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Groups Policies Blended Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2017

We think that’s the hardest work left,” said Brennan McMahon Parton, director of policy and advocacy at the Data Quality Campaign. “We Brennan McMahon Parton, director of policy and advocacy at the Data Quality Campaign. We know spreadsheets and 30-page PDFs are not the most useful.”.

Data 100

Data Advocacy Policies Blended Learning 100

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Third, the Recommendation comments positively on the ability of information and communications technologies (ICT) to “open possibilities for OER… to enable personalized learning.” Just like everyone else, they need to develop the capacity to create, use, and share OER, and to use and apply open licenses correctly.

OER 153

OER Advocacy Resources Accessibility 153

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

His school and his state are trailblazers in personalized learning, a method that tailors instruction to students’ individual interests and learning speeds. Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. About 20 other states sprinkled elements of personalized learning into their plans.

Personalized Learning 83

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 83

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Provide a Personalized Learning Environment. In many middle and high schools, an advisory or advocacy program is often included. It is important that students feel connected to their school. In elementary school, the classroom teacher often serves that function. A Final Note. About the Authors. .

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Strategy Differentiated Instruction Elementary Advocacy 164

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

“For personalized learning to thrive, principals must create a culture of innovation that brings together students, teachers, administrators, parents and the community to share a vision for an improved learning experience.”.

Future Ready 64

Future Ready Advocacy Strategy Personalized Learning 64

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

Khloe, who has been diagnosed with autism, ADHD and an anxiety disorder, had no individualized education plan for her disability when she returned to in-person learning after the pandemic. After the pandemic, Scarlett’s mother agreed to start her on a three-day school week to ease her into in-person learning for the first time.

Advocacy 112

Advocacy Elementary Report Training 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Personalized learning is one of the most popular goals in schools today. The computers themselves bring concerns about the negative effects of screens on children’s learning and brain development. MESA, Ariz.

Learning 131

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 131

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2017

Related: Personalized learning: How kids are getting into college by mastering their skills. Related: Personalized learning and Common Core: Mortal enemies? Teachers have gotten extensive professional development to change their instructional methods — they now lecture less and facilitate student-directed learning more.

Common Core 101

Common Core Advocacy System Personalized Learning 101

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

How can school and district leaders leverage research-based practices and models of success to create an effective personalized learning ecosystem for all learners? Leaders can also take part in free, on-going learning opportunities at events or find resources in the Leadership Hub.

Future Ready 66

Future Ready Advocacy Strategy Personalized Learning 66

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Project Unicorn is an advocacy initiative focused on improving data interoperability within K-12 education. Project Unicorn is an education advocacy initiative that got started in May 2017; so far, some 200 school systems, representing 2 million students, have signed on to support the effort.

Resources 69

Resources Advocacy Case Study Data 69

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Following full-scale implementation of a proficiency-based system in 2011, postsecondary enrollment increased to 71 percent by 2018, up from an average rate of 59 percent over the 10 years prior to the district’s shift to personalized, competency-based learning.

Competency Based Learning 130

Competency Based Learning Policies Advocacy Report 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a charter advocacy group, issued a document in 2016 along with two other organizations asking states to establish performance-based funding systems that pay virtual charters based on metrics like course completion and calling on charter authorizers to close chronically underperforming schools.

E-rate 139

E-rate Pearson Company Report 139

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Using data well “ensures that students aren’t just counted but that each student counts,” says Data Quality Campaign (DQC), a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization that works for changes in policy and practice around data flow. But DQC has a healthy resource bank that provides ways to support and join its advocacy efforts.

Policies 67

Policies Data Resources Advocacy 67

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

“It’s a false choice between whether we should teach students in a traditional way, through direct instruction and rote facts, or through the opportunity to practice skills through service learning,” said Shawn Healy, senior director of policy and advocacy for iCivics, a nonprofit that “champions equitable, non-partisan civic education.”.

Study 142

Study Survey Advocacy Policies 142

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2018

From its early days, CZI has also been closely linked with the concept of “personalized learning.” In particular, CZI is pouring significant resources into building out the technology platform that supports the school model developed by Summit Public Schools, which combines personalization, technology and project-based learning.

Advocacy 114

Advocacy Groups Technology Meeting 114