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Can Personalized Learning Be Scaled to Ease Teacher Burdens and Close Achievement Gaps?

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Some say it’s time to finally commit to scalable personalized learning. After nearly two decades of teaching, leading, researching and writing—all with a focus on personalized learning—Smith is taking another step forward in his life’s mission to better understand students and help them learn.

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Stem Education in 2020

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People keen on mathematics, physics, or IT were awe-inspiring and seemed to have supernatural abilities. STEM is an acronym that stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Personalized Learning. It means that each individual has to be taught according to student’s learning types.

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8 Great Websites and Apps to Help Kids With Fractions

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The Ask a Tech Teacher crew has eight of their favorites to share today: 8 Great Websites and Apps to Help Kids With Fractions Understanding fractions is an essential pillar of every child’s mathematical foundation. With the advent of modern technology, learning this critical skill doesn’t have to feel like a chore anymore.

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Edtech Should Be More Evidence-Driven

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Teachers often found it hard to monitor attendance and assess students’ understanding: one study found that the impact of the pandemic left students on average five months behind in mathematics and four months behind in reading by the end of the school year.

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Why Investing in SEL Now May Be the Key to an Equitable Future

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Research from McKinsey revealed that, on average, K-12 students lost up to four months of mathematics and four months of reading progress in the last school year. With newly distributed federal stimulus funds now in hand, school districts nationwide are poised to set learning recovery plans in motion.

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Support English Learners with Micro-credentials from Digital Promise

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It has become increasingly possible to personalize learning–adapt resources and assessments to student skills and needs and differentiate lessons that are pushed out to individual students or small groups ( read: Shifting my Teacher Mindset with Micro-credentials ). Mathematical Language Routines [link].

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Choosing Wisely: Lessons for Leaders in AI Integration

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Malkin: Our origin story is one of an AI-driven product initially launched by Carnegie Mellon University through Carnegie Learning. Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University created the first adaptive AI-driven tutor for teaching middle school mathematics, MATHia, which is still one of our flagship products.