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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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Reading , a rapidly growing provider of virtual tutoring services that enable K-12 schools to dramatically accelerate student reading progress, closed a $10 Million Series A round of financing, led by Rethink Education. Ignite’s easy-to-implement program teaches foundational reading skills, and students recorded an average of 2.4

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8 lessons to help school leaders manage change

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Learn alongside them and practice the change you’re asking them to make. Jump in and try a lesson of the new reading or math series you’ve adopted. That’s why, when I retired from the school system to pursue my PhD, Industrial Organizational (I/O) Psychology seemed like such a perfect fit.

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District leaders: Act now to avoid financial disasters after COVID relief funding ends

eSchool News

If close out is the answer, what is the change management plan? For example, if increasing the number of students who read on grade level post-pandemic is deemed a strategic priority, then focus your spending on how to scale high impact tutoring across the district.

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6 tips from personalized learning innovators leading change

eSchool News

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. Read the full report : From the Frontlines: Takeaways from the 2016 Blended and Personalized Learning Conference.

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How Are Schools Changing? EdSurge Unveils Final Chapter of Yearlong 'State of Edtech' Report

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So, EdSurge has identified: 19 of those elements—from “edtech selection” and “professional development” to “change management” and “infrastructure,” and a collection of schools and associated profiles that champion each of these elements, all in order to help others create learning experiences that best meet the unique needs of today’s students.

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Q&A: Rod Houpe Uses Evidence to Drive Change in Schools

EdTech Magazine

Sonny Magana, one of my co-authors on the white paper “ Mastering Organizational Change Management to Drive Digital Transformation in Education ,” strongly advocates for the T3 Framework for Innovation, and I agree. Every day, we expose our networks by reading email, navigating online, interacting with data and the like.

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A ‘New Normal’ Requires New Tools for Attendance and Family Engagement

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The best-crafted letter home—or even email—these days is unlikely to be opened, much less read. Mini has become a friendly extension of our team, removing the burden of change management from our teachers and acting as a supportive advisor to our families. RESEARCH BRIEF: A Proactive, Targeted Approach to School Attendance.

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