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Difference Making

Connections Education & Nexus Academy: Changing the Vision

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May 16, 2015

By: Lindsay Penny. Blended schools like Nexus Academy of Lansing are flowering because they mirror the imperatives of GenDIY: School choice, course-level choice, personalized learning plans and coaching models and access to advanced digital tools.

Difference Making

11 Rights All Students (Should) Have

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May 15, 2015

There are about 55 million K-12 students in this country, and about 20 million in degree-granting colleges. If students are treated as allies rather than subjects, imagine what could be achieved.

Ed Policy

DLN Report Card: Advancing Course Access in Michigan

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May 13, 2015

By: Erin Lockett. How Michigan has built policies to streamline offerings that work toward ensuring that Course Access will be a sustainable part of its educational ecosystem.

Personalized Learning

Parental Perfection, Reimagined

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May 12, 2015

By: Bill Jackson. Reimagining parental perfection, Bill argues, includes informing parents. As founder of GreatSchools, Bill offers practical tips and tools for parenting smarter, not harder when it comes to your child's education.

EdTech

Teachers Model Growth Mindsets During Twitter Ed Chat

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May 11, 2015

By: Heather Ngoma. Ensuring teachers are comfortable with tech tools and social media for professional purposes is a top priority for the Rutgers Alternate Route program. Last month Rutgers immersed a cohort of new teachers in a facilitated discussion on Growth Mindsets via Twitter, here's the results.

Personalized Learning

Lessons for Parents on Pink Versus Blue Tech

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May 10, 2015

By: Alison Bryan. As part of our Smart Parents series, Dr. Bryant shares specific lessons learned around the ways gender plays in role in how we allow our children to use technology. Alison encourages us to be more fully aware of our tech preferences and gender biases.

Personalized Learning

What Do Parents Want from Schools? Hint: Think of Car Shopping

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May 9, 2015

By: Liz Wimmer. As part of our Smart Parents series, Liz breaks down the research around how parents choose schools. It turns out, parents choose schools for a variety of reasons including diversity, achievement and test scores, and vocational and career opportunities.

Personalized Learning

The Teenage Brain: Scaffolding the Brain for Lifelong Learning

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May 3, 2015

By: Dr. Frances Jensen. Teenage brains may be hard-wired to take more risks, but it turns out teens are also wired for learning. Dr. Jensen brings us the learning research behind the teenage brain.

Personalized Learning

What is Learning For?

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Apr 30, 2015

By: Valerie Hannon. Our organized education system is not tapping into the four purposes for human learning according to Valerie Hannon. In this article, she explains these four purposes and advocates for a radical transformation of the current system.

Leadership

DLN Report Card: Student Achievement Backpacks in Utah

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Apr 29, 2015

By: Erin Lockett. The Digital Learning Report Card examines each state’s progress in implementing policies that give students access to high quality digital learning. Today we're highlighting progress made with data backpacks in Utah.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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