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Personalized Learning
3 Ways Parents Can Spot Student-Centered Learning
What can parents look for to determine if their child is in a student-centered learning environment? Here’s advice from a mother of two school-aged children, a former classroom teacher and a current advocate for student-centered learning.
Personalized Learning
What Personalized Learning Means in My Family
What a school looks like that prepares students for meaningful, authentic work and meaningful relationships, what we still need to provide our kids for real personalized learning, and how our family promotes this kind of education at home.
EdTech
No More Cookie-Cutter Schools
In Teaching the Digital Generation, Frank Kelly, joins authors Ted McCain and Ian Jukes to provide a resource that enables leaders to combine facilities and curriculum planning to create next-generation schools.
EdTech
How To Choose A Blended Learning Professional Services Partner
By: Luis Rodriguez. Whether you call them implementation experts, technical assistance providers, or consulting partners, how should you pick the right blended learning professional services partner for your district?
Difference Making
Imagine Running a Phone Store While You’re Still in High School
By: Nancy Hoffman. Every young person should have the opportunity to gain the knowledge, skills, and competence needed to search for and obtain work that is meaningful. Why learning to work, learning about work, and experiencing a productive workplace should be integral to secondary-level education.
Personalized Learning
Teaching 8th Graders to Manage Projects
A project management system that supports students develop the skills that everyone needs to succeed. The goal for the program is to grow the individual and the test scores will take care of themselves.
EdTech
Edmodo Adds Premium Enterprise Features
Premium Enterprise Features announced by Edmodo, the LMS used by 300,000 schools, 47 million teachers and students and 93 of the largest 100 districts in America.
Leadership
7 Things EdLeaders Should Do
Opportunities in school leadership are great but so are the challenges. There are seven steps to transform a school or district.
New Pathways
Preparing for New Jobs: Two Next Gen Career Centers
Carl Wunsche High School in Texas and Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies in Kansas, two next gen schools redefining the career center.
Ed Policy
NC Families Deserve Access to Full Time Online Learning
North Carolina students lack the access available in most states to full time online learning. That’s about to change. A recent law will require that two K-12 virtual charter school pilots open by Fall '15.