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5 Ways Face-to-Face Learning Will Need to Differentiate to Contrast Virtual Learning
With all students having now experienced virtual learning, face-to-face environments will need to differentiate and maximize for continued success.
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Future of Learning
Communicating with Your Teacher Will Never Be the Same
The way students and parents communicate with teachers will likely never be the same once schools re-open. Apps like Remind are making it easier to communicate whether learning is happening in-person or online.
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EdTech
Respondus LockDown: Is This the Answer to Prevent Students Cheating on Exams?
By: Sam Bocetta. The migration to online learning has led to a rise in electronic test tracking and proctoring services such as Respondus LockDown - raising significant concerns about student privacy.
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Equity & Access
Restorative Practices at Building 21 Philadelphia
By: Don Spangler and Crystal Cubbage The Philadelphia Learning Collaborative (PLC) is a grassroots nonprofit that exists to create the conditions for student-centered, deeper learning progressive K-12 educators and schools to thrive in Philadelphia. Based in Philadelphia, Building 21 is a non-profit that partners with school districts and communities to design, launch, and operate innovative […]
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Future of Learning
Camera ON or Camera OFF? It’s a Complicated Question
[…] four critical considerations. Consideration #1: Digital Access A recent report from Common Sense Media found that 15-16 million students lack internet access sufficient enough to support remote learning, and nine million of those students also lack an adequate device. Although districts made immense progress over the summer, recent interviews conducted by the Center for […]
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Leadership
New Film Addresses Mental Health By Challenging Us To ‘Listen’ To Our Youth Voice
Many deeper learning practitioners have long advocated for student voices. We see this as a means to young people having agency and ownership of not only their learning but their lives. In a new film entitled “LISTEN,” filmmaker Erahm Christopher takes this concept to an entirely new level. Christopher, who spent over eight years […]
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Future of Learning
How Lessons of the Past Can Help Design a More Equitable Future for all Students
[…] that governs our society. As schools were forced to close their doors across the nation, the problem for some districts became ensuring students had access to remote learning devices, while others had to focus on providing food for students who relied on their daily school lunch to get the nutrition they need. The question […]
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Future of Learning
Your School Has Left the Building
[…] a whole-child approach. Against a background of disruption, trauma, and institutional failure, promising practices and models emerged. Many of these have been talked about for years: personalized learning paths for the whole child (“What’s the right balance of academics, exploration, support, and activity for my child this week?”), a focus on outcomes rather than […]
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Equity & Access
The Best Super Bowl Sunday Ad Champions Equity in Education #WhatDoesItTake
[…] back burner. It’s time to shift our mindset and consider the needs of our most vulnerable students first. Family communication, online instruction, teleconferencing and counseling, independent study, blended learning, needs assessment, and data tracking and analytics are each stronger and more effective when they are designed to meet the needs of all learners. School leaders […]
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Equity & Access
Closing the Digital Divide for Parents: A COVID-19 Story
[…] for one hour. I asked Amy Valentine, CEO at Future of School, about why Future of School started the Resilient Schools Project and she said, “Online and blended learning are not new to America, instead it is new to most Americans, especially parents! With unprecedented change already underway, schools and districts will need to be […]
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