Schools Worth Visiting

[…] approach that builds active, engaged, and empathetic citizens.  Environmental Charter School (from their website) Chinese. Mandarin Immersion Magnet School in Houston features a state-of-the-art facility, cohesive culture, blended learning and student supports. Elementary students spend half of the day in a Mandarin class and the other half in an English class.  PRIDE. Ingenuity Prep opened […]

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Future of Learning

A Reliable Hybrid Learning Model: Cedar Rapids Schools Respond to Setbacks

[…] safe while staying as true as they could to the district strategic plan they’d committed to before the pandemic. This meant layering on top of an already-emerging blended learning strategy some adjustments. The largest initiative here was the Cedar Rapids Virtual Academy (CRVA) for middle and high school students. The Iowa Department of Education approved the district’s […]

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Future of Learning

Start Smart: Resuming Learning After COVID Learning Loss

[…] As educators, we never thought it would be like this. A pandemic. A massive school shutdown. The American public has learned to speak our language: virtual learning, blended learning, in-person learning, rotation model, cadres. At any other time, that would be an amazing achievement. But at the moment, we are finding these terms used generally in […]

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Future of Learning

Five Mega Trends Reshaping Global Learning

[…] skills,” said Tracy Gardner, a teaching professor in chemical and biological engineering at Colorado School of Mines. In the same department, Michael Barankin also uses a variety of blended strategies with a focus on communication in and out of the classroom. Student projects begin by reaching out to industry partners, developing a plan, forming teams, […]

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EdTech

Lifelong Learning is the Antidote to the Shifting Workforce

[…] digital literacy, and technology integration. They facilitate the Innovating Distance Education for Adult Learners (IDEAL) Consortium, which prepares members to better support their learner-workers by offering quality blended and distance learning opportunities within an adult basic skills education context. So how can adult education and workforce training programs adapt and innovate to ensure they’re […]

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