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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

April 20th - May 4th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. The conference will be held entirely online and is free to attend. Did we mention it was LIVE? Register for free at [link].

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

But Altus administrators believe that their formula — using online learning without sacrificing one-on-one interactions between students and teachers — works. Nationwide, high schools offering credit recovery used online courses 71 percent of the time, according to a 2018 U.S.

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Revolution in Higher Education: chapter 2

Bryan Alexander

Continuing with our reading of Richard DeMillo’s Revolution in Higher Education: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable (2015) ( publisher ; Amazon ): this week we’re discussing chapter 2, “Shifting Landscape.” DeMillo links Crow to good old and doomed Fathom.com (1152).

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. Overall, the rise of online learning — from MOOCs to Khan Academy — makes “blended” learning that combines computer and live instruction feel normal to students. Related: Personalized learning gives students a sense of control over chaotic lives.

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STUDENT VOICES: If I weren’t here I’d probably be dead

The Hechinger Report

The library is old — and it kind of stinks. Student interviews were carried out during the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. Some places are really hot, like, rooms that can’t turn off the heat. Other rooms you can’t turn it on. The technology, the computers, they’re probably more than 12 years old.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “A state-court jury in Connecticut on Thursday sided with a fraternity whose house was closed by Wesleyan University in the fall of 2015 after the fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon, resisted complying with a university mandate to admit women.” Upgrades and Downgrades.