Personalized Learning
Why San Francisco’s Blended, Early Literacy Program is Working
By: Rachel Norris. Big changes are taking place in San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). The district spent the past year implementing a blended, early literacy program that engages the community, including low-income students.
Personalized Learning
Escalating Tuition Costs Aren’t in Anyone’s Best Interest
Colleges and universities provide a critical service to our society. However, institutions of higher education are also businesses. In our current economy, our attention is increasingly drawn to the business side of education. Rising costs, and a scarcity of funds to help those students who cannot afford them, are hurting our bottom lines – and those of many families across the country.
Personalized Learning
TheraWeb Meets Students’ Individual Learning Needs
By: Jaclyn Norton. Special education departments in schools throughout the country - namely in rural communities - experience a struggle betweenproviding immediate on-location support to students, while combating challenges that inhibit these counseling resources. Factors such as budget cuts, client distance, and shortage of counselors hinder students access to this specialized support, creating a significant demand for therapy in schools.
EdTech
Personalized Learning is Ongoing Student-Led Improvement
We talk with Wendy Battino, Co-founder and Executive Director of Re-Inventing Schools Coalition in Alaska as part of our series of leadership interviews prior to the SIIA Personalized Learning Symposium in Boston, Massachusetts August 4-6.
EdTech
Glogster: Teachers & Students Get Creative
Katie Vander Ark went to India. She made a Glog. What's a glog? It's a simple layout web page for sharing photos, video, and commentary.
Ed Policy
Broadband, Data Privacy, and OER: Building New Learning Models Infrastructure
The shift towards highly personalized, mastery-based learning models will allow each student to customize learning trajectories toward college and career readiness. To drive this vision, we must narrow the “digital divide” and equip our schools with high-speed broadband connectivity.
EdTech
Boldly Innovate or Be Badly Irrelevant
Here is a summary of a presentation given by former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise at the Virtual Schools Symposium in Glendale, Arizona.
SEL & Mindset
An Integrated Approach to Academic and Social Supports
In our latest publication, Tom Vander Ark and Mary Ryerse make the case for college readiness, relay the story of the academic and social-support-driven AVID program, and illustrate how partnerships can enhance college, career and life readiness initiatives.
EdTech
Madison County: “A great place to be if you’re a kid”
Spend a few minutes with Tommy Floyd, superintendent of schools in Madison County Kentucky, and you'll be optimistic about public education.
Ed Policy
ESSA: From Compliance to Opportunity
By: Samantha Tankersley. While there are numerous provisions within ESSA to meet a variety of state priorities, ExcelinEd provides a closer explanation of two important provisions: the Direct Student Services provision and the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants.