Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

This profile is the fourth in a series from the EdSurge Research team, which has spent the past six months studying the market of service providers that support schools through the redesign process. Bringing about change in schools is complex. Educational Centers. Stay tuned!

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Education Schools Achievement Middle School 126

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

It’s a well-worn idiom, which shapes the belief systems of too many schools and districts across the country. But as a guiding philosophy it can be paralyzing, particularly for a school district that’s doing well. Serving 8,360 students, we’re located about 12 miles north of Pittsburgh, nestled in the suburbs.

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Achievement Elementary School Elementary School Schools 114

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2017

That has been the status quo in most of the schools I’ve worked in. I was to stay inside my classroom at the end of the hallway and work with the curriculum I was given; the same curriculum that all of the other teachers were using with the general education population—but my students had different needs. That’s when the email came.

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Teachers Languages Language Curriculum 158

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2018

What Kiddom does that few other education webtools do is provide free educator and administrator guides on topics such as Standards-based Grading , Blended Learning , and lesson planning (click for my reviews of these). Their newest is the twenty-eight-page ISTE-aligned Change Management eBook. Education applications.

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Change Management Blended Learning Learning Outcomes Feedback 109

Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Mini arrived at the Office of School Culture in Michigan’s Lansing School District in December 2020. Research indicates that the right message sent at the right time can change the course of a family’s success in school. RESEARCH BRIEF: A Proactive, Targeted Approach to School Attendance.

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Failure Communication Study Change Management 172

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

These districts and schools are drawing more benefits out of their learning management systems. Learning management systems originally got their start in higher education, serving as central hub for college students to drop in assignments, check grades, and contact their professors. Pie in the sky.

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Instructors Assignments Math Grades 186

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2024

To learn more about how districts are integrating innovative instructional practices and data-driven tools for more personalized learning, EdSurge spoke with Dr. Joseph Mancuso , Superintendent of Eastern York School District , and Michael Calvert , Director of Elementary Education at South Allegheny School District.

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Beliefs Learning Math Assignments 180

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

And with the gusto expected from a company’s leader, he adds that this latest milestone is proof that his company’s thesis has merit: that Smart Sparrow is riding the second wave of the digital revolution: “the ability for schools to redesign courses to be digital-first experiences.”. Will Schools Pony Up?

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Teachers Instructors Learning Quizzes 129

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Few places is this more true than EDUCAUSE’s Annual Conference, one of the largest gatherings of higher education and technology leaders. At the event, questions about how schools approach innovation can be heard on every stage and in every hallway: How do institutions think about innovation? How do they manage it?

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Culture Failure Change Management Art 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Portland, Oregon —To get to Marty Ringle’s office at Reed College, you have to climb to the top floor of the Educational Technology Center building and get buzzed past a locked door that says “This is a Secure Area.” It felt like I was making a pilgrimage to the digital equivalent of a wise old master on the top of some mountain.

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Ethics Intelligence Interdisciplinary Science 136

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2018

Taking a position with a title that includes a buzzword is risky—especially in a school. It’s also the fact that when a school hires a singular position to own a large change, it sends a message that one person owns the responsibility to change practices across an entire staff. That isn’t good for buy-in.

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Blended Learning Learning Coaching Change Management 95

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

For education leaders, he said during his keynote, those questions should include: How can our schools make room for kids to tackle challenges and opportunities attached to significant, undefined problems—and ask them to do work they don’t think they can do? On the second day of. His fellow panelist concurred.

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Education Change Management Intelligence Evaluation 105

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2018

Putting vision into practice Any school district knows, creating a vision for personalized learning is useless if you do not provide staff the steps to actually get there. According to Adam Lindstrom, Supervisor of Instructional Technology, Marlboro Township in NY: “The vision is only as good as the action that comes after it.”

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Learning Coaching Math Change Management 85

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Digital Promise , a non-profit using technology and research to spur innovation and expand learning opportunities, has created Digital Promise Professional Services to provide personal help to educators as they transform their schools and districts. Educator Micro-credentials. Leadership Coaching. Storytelling.

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Coaching Critical Thinking Change Management STEM 62

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

On one hand they are the centerpiece of free-college efforts in some states, but I also hear that a lot of community colleges are facing declining enrollments, in part because fewer students are graduating high school in some states. We have seven capacities for change that we believe lead to a student-focused culture. I said yes.

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Achievement English Coaching Math 101

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Sharing data, best practices, learning maps, and survey results has moved the needle on adaptive learning forward at our schools. We talked about how to lead change management in education. The CTU visit also was beneficial to the UMUC community in many ways.

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Learning Curriculum Design Faculty Development Discussions 73

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Melissa Williams, Senior Instructional Designer, Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Whether the schools are large or small, public or private, research-focused or bent towards the arts, the challenge of improving collaboration with faculty is the same. Teresa Kpachavi, Manager of Online Courses, Stanford University. Change is hard.

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Learning Teaching Philosophy Discussions Culture 130