The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Revere hosted a learning tour for other schools last year, to share its experiences with personalizing learning. Blended learning was the gateway to personalized learning in the Natick Public Schools, about 20 miles west of Boston. Grace Magley, director of digital learning, Natick (Mass.)

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as. NG2] tackles long-standing educational barriers to personalized learning. We're not calling it a grade, but it's definitely learning feedback.”.

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

The types of desired learning activities should drive how the learning space should be set up as discussed in the case studies reported by the Hechinger Report article, Personalized Learning: Why Your Classroom Should Sound Like A Coffee Shop : As a first step, they began with ideas and used them to define the space.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 8, 2018

When working with personalized learning tools, teachers might be wondering: how do I know where each student is at and what can I do to confirm that they are mastering the concepts? This blog was originally published on Elementary Geek and is reposted here with permission. Personalized Learning with ST Math.

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MindShift

JULY 11, 2017

WILDER, Idaho — Eight years ago, the principal of Idaho’s Wilder Elementary School, Jeff Dillon, made a tough decision: He pulled his children out of the district high school to send them to private school. “I My kids begged me to come to summer school,” said Chantelle Mullins, a mother of two elementary school students. Dillon said.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Our districts, Imagine Schools and Carbondale Elementary School District #95 (CES), might not seem to have much in common at first glance. For a definitive answer to this question, Bill Younkin of the Biscayne Research Group performed some research for us comparing our in-person and remote assessments from the 2019–2020 school year.

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techlearning

MAY 17, 2018

I like this as a starting place for late elementary because there is so much I can do with it. Root's functionality for late elementary starts with the app. Code.org This seems like a no-brainer, but Code.org is a great place to start with late elementary coding because it's free. Code.org is known for there Hour of Code games.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

Frazier , a fourth grade teacher who says remote learning reaffirmed the career path she chose. Kristen Stein , an elementary school teacher who enjoyed remote learning more than expected. Ashley Levy , the youngest teacher on staff, who assisted more experienced educators with remote learning. before the pandemic.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

My father was an elementary school principal at Alpha Public School and Hatchery Hill School for a total of 30 years. My mom was an elementary teacher for 27 years, the last 18 spent teaching at Francis A. I live by this Chinese proverb, "The person who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt the person doing it."

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

For the past four years, Bryant has been tirelessly adapting his approach to personalized learning to ensure that each student is thriving, even when that means scrapping ideas that don’t quite pan out. Bryant, who teaches fourth and fifth grade Math at Ketcham Elementary Schoolin Washington, D.C., His efforts are paying off.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

One teacher, many students: It’s basically the definition of school as we know it, going back to the earliest days of the Republic. It’s called personalized learning: What if each student had something like a private tutor, and more power over what and how they learned? Personalized learning is the No.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

While you’re definitely there to hear the interesting presentations and the keynote speakers, a lot of the collaboration takes place in the Chat Room during sessions. For me, it’s a deep passion belief in the value of and the importance of global in our own personal learning. Vicki: Steve?

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Provide a Rigorous Learning Environment. Those needs are best met when you and your faculty provide students with a rigorous learning environment. Let us be clear about our definition of rigor. Provide a Personalized Learning Environment. In elementary school, the classroom teacher often serves that function.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

All have gone back to school — some fully remote, some via hybrid models that combine remote instruction with in-person learning. In doing so, they are demonstrating resilience and advancing equity in ways that truly improve teaching and learning for all students. Attend to each student’s comprehensive needs.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Our way was definitely best,” Baldwin County’s Robertsdale High School Principal Joe Sharp told AL.com. I can’t imagine having to do both,” said Abby Bjornson, a fourth-grade teacher at Munford Elementary School in Talladega County. Elementary kids need a little help sometimes,” she said, adding that parents have been very supportive.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 5, 2017

That’s a beautiful step toward a more project-based personalized learning experience. Yeah, I definitely feel like…. Vicki: And I’ll say this… some of the greatest learning experiences in my classroom, we have quite a few faceplants along the way. You definitely cannot be afraid of failure. We just do.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. Despite a century of research, definitions of giftedness are fuzzy. Psychologists later poked holes in that definition. Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

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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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

I don’t want to pit one grade against another,” said Laura Bornfreund, the director of early and elementary education policy at New America, a progressive think tank. But the foundational knowledge, the skills to be able to learn and do well in school later are so important. Kindergarten matters a lot.”. They are doing just fine.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2017

In Wilder Elementary School, students not only pick which subjects they want to learn, but they can also spurn their desks and work on the floor if they want. My kids begged me to come to summer school,” said Chantelle Mullins, a mother of two elementary school students. Photo: Wayne D’Orio. What’s the reaction? “My Dillon said.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Vrain is also the only district Learning Counsel has found that is deeply involved in workflow aimed at personalized learning, with 100% digital coverage for core curriculum, 90% for electives, 80% for special needs and 100% for professional development. Katy ISD/ Bear Creek Elementary, Katy, TX. Dallas ISD, Dallas, TX.

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

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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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Blended and personalized learning were two topics on the rise this year. The goal is to produce deeper learning. Part of their success has hinged on the way teachers are using blended learning in the classroom. Next page: Making personalized learning possible.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Some give generalized, out-of-classroom descriptions; others tailor their definitions more specifically to education. Kasey Bell, a digital learning consultant and former Texas teacher, choose to go for the former: “AI [is] defined as machines with the ability or intelligence to complete tasks on their own and make intelligent decisions.”

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

In my visits to elementary, middle, and high schools around the country this past academic year, here are five tips I took away for how educators can get beyond the buzz to implementation. My visit to Maple Hill Elementary School in the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, NY blew that notion to shreds.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“Most of what our staff does is show up committed and dedicated — they really take care of these kids and make sure that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they’re happy, they’re eating, they have clothes,” says Amy Creeden, an elementary school principal. The initiative is in place at elementary and middle schools in Middletown.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

It’s Time For Personalized Learning In Education. In March, Tom Loveless, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, took an outdated swipe at the logic behind moving toward a student-centered learning system. The power of personalized learning, understood in this way, is intuitive. What he sees might surprise.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

26, parents from Brooklyn Arts & Science Elementary School (or P.S. 705) flocked to the school for an open house ahead of the fall 2021 semester. At P.S. 705, more students returned to in-person learning (55 percent) than the city average (40 percent). COVID-19 stats for Brooklyn Arts & Science Elementary School (P.S.

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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.

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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.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2024

This elementary curriculum engages, inspires, and connects students firsthand to the world around them through a total of 24 student-driven modules. Student Agency A strong theme in the new Edition is the power of student agency, a personalized learning concept that gives students a choice and voice in learning.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Students work on individual projects in the blended-learning classroom of Jessica Anderson, in Deer Lodge, Montana. A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2017

Project-based learning, in which students embark on long research or art projects, science experiments or even writing books , is one of the hottest trends in high school reform. The Reggio Emilia method, devised by educators in a city in Italy, also focuses on connecting learning to the real world and integrating arts into the classroom.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. But culture is an elusive concept and mandates a definition here. Madda et al., 2011, Nurmi et al., Leijten, P.,

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

. “Most of what our staff does is show up committed and dedicated — they really take care of these kids and make sure that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they’re happy, they’re eating, they have clothes,” says Amy Creeden, an elementary school principal. “You become very attached.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 10, 2015

At Eastern Heights Elementary School in St. Paul, a vast new space called the Learning Studio is home to personalized learning. On any given day inside the sprawling Learning Studio at Eastern Heights Elementary School in St. A panoramic view of the Learning Studio. and Catherine T.

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