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Teacher shortages bring to mind the saying ‘necessity is the mother of invention’

eSchool News

Instead, schools ought to be taking these opportunities to do what Heather Staker and I described in Blended —offering a la carte online courses with great digital curriculum mixed with elements of the Flex or Individual Rotation models of blended learning that match the path and pace of each individual’s students’ learning needs.

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What Public School Teachers Want: Less Disruption

Edsurge

Since the 2008 Time magazine cover story on Washington, D.C. That made fiscal and pedagogical sense. Under the ed reform push to get public money in private hands, some very powerful people want teachers to shut up and do as we are told.

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Not Just Buzzwords: How Teachers Bring Big Ideas, Innovative Practices to Life

Edsurge

During visits to two schools in Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS), I was struck by how innovating where the alternative for students is nothing at all is still relevant, years after we wrote about the idea in “ Disrupting Class ” in 2008. The school’s graduating class this summer had an 89.8

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The Five Stages of Mastery Learning

Turning Learning On Its Head

Lately I have been thinking about how flipped learning, mastery learning, and competency based learning (CBL) intersect. I believe that implementing a Flipped Mastery approach is a practical way to personalize learning for each kid. Some have called this stage Reflective Competence.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Founded by two educators in 2008, Edmodo experienced a number of leadership changes this decade. Aaron Swartz, 2008. They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students. Can Edmodo Turn Virality into Profitability?”

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