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What Does It Take To Successfully Implement Personalized Learning at Scale?

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We've branded our district with the belief that there’s no average student; every student has a jagged learning profile. Mancuso: To support teachers, we found that data analysis with prescriptive plans is crucial, along with technology for flexible grouping and small-group instruction. Change management is crucial to this process.

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Why Building a Diverse Workforce Requires Computer Science Mandates in Schools

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African-Americans and Latino/Hispanics make up a tiny fraction of the overwhelmingly white, male-dominated workforce of major technology companies. based technology companies is African-American or Latino/Hispanic, and only one is a woman—Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM. No leader of the top 10 U.S.-based In 2013, among B.A.

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6 ways to make your blended learning PD more successful

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“Just do it” may be an effective slogan for a sporting shoe company, but it is not an effective change management technique to move to blended learning. It was extremely valuable and left no doubt of the commitment of the leadership to change.). ” It is a significant shift in the teaching and learning paradigm. (The

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Smart Sparrow Raises $4 Million to Help Teachers—Not Tools—Drive Adaptive Learning

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The fundamental belief is that we should give teachers the power to create more resources, reflect on the quality of their creations, and then let them quickly iterate and improve,” says Ben-Naim. For every university, change management is just as critical a factor as financial investment. In 2005, Ben-Naim, then a Ph.D.

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Why a High-Achieving District Keeps Tinkering With a School Model That Already Works

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It’s a well-worn idiom, which shapes the belief systems of too many schools and districts across the country. The committee members had a broad array of backgrounds with varying degrees of passion and commitment to technology and education. We’ve all heard the old cliche, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” Presidential Scholars.

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Campus Tech 2016: Recognizing—and Questioning—“Inevitable” Futures

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Last week at Campus Technology 2016, higher-ed technologists joined forces with administrators, instructional designers, and faculty to explore another realm many consider “wizardry”—predicting the future. What counts as change is based on what matters to you.” The challenge left at least one head “spinning” (in a good way)!

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