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IGNITE! READING ANNOUNCES $10M SERIES A FINANCING TO MEET ACCELERATING SCHOOL DEMAND FOR ITS VIRTUAL 1:1 LITERACY TUTORING PROGRAM

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Citadel Founder and CEO Ken Griffin and founding or current partners from Comcast Ventures, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Emergence Capital, Hellman & Friedman and Wing Venture Capital also participated in the financing as individual investors.

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6 tips from personalized learning innovators leading change

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Although our many presenters hailed from a variety of geographies and contexts, one refrain echoed loudly throughout the Providence Convention Center: implementing blended and personalized learning is about managing change. And now they’re asking for help.”. Cultivate early adopters. Open doors.

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CoSN 2025: Humans in an AI world

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Jones , CEO of CAST, Lindsay Kruse, CEO of All Means All, and Rachell Johnson , director of assistant technology at SCATP, will participate in a general session, Leadership, Not Bystanders, moderated by Sarah Radcliffe , director of Future Ready Learning in the School District of Altoona. On Tuesday, April 1, panelists Lindsay E.

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Want Transformational Teachers? Here’s Why Change Starts With Coaches

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Our coaches needed to be activated as change management leaders to truly make transformational change across their schools In my search for an answer, I tried everything in my toolkit: after school PD, sending teachers to conferences and even implementing accountability measures.

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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. They should attend and be active participants in every training session as a minimum. ” It is a significant shift in the teaching and learning paradigm.

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When Is It Okay for Public School Officials to Attend Tech-Funded Events?

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The long-time official policy for the district said that officials may accept ”reasonable expenses for food, travel, lodging and scheduled entertainment of the school official at a meeting which is given in return for the participation of the school official on a panel or a speaking engagement at the meeting.”

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Kiddom Helps Administrators Manage Change

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Their newest is the twenty-eight-page ISTE-aligned Change Management eBook. It addresses how to create a sense of urgency, build a coalition, form and communicate your strategic vision, enable action by removing barriers and instituting change, generate short-term wins, and more. a dedicated Kiddom School Success Manager.