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Sal Khan’s New Online School Wants to Make ‘Mastery Learning’ Global

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For 50 ninth graders, showing up to school this fall meant taking part in an experiment. The students had enrolled in the latest effort by Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, the online tool he started by making videos on YouTube that is now used by hundreds of districts in the U.S. The idea appealed to ASU Prep.

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Engaging All Learners: Expanding High School Options for Success

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High School collects a diverse group of students into a large learning community, but it also prepares teenagers for a future as variable as any we can imagine. Yet, the one-size-fits-all model persists in many high schools. Could we expand high school options to guarantee every student’s success?

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School Makes Some Students Anxious. Is Physically Showing Up Necessary?

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A high school senior with long curly hair who participates in a vocational program, Bradley spends about half the day at culinary school and then half in “at-home instruction” through a nearby high school run by a statewide public education service. It’s changed his attitude about school. Bradley loves baking lava cakes.

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Amazing Benefits of Taking a Short Course

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But here is some things that you need to know about the short course: All study materials are delivered online. A short course is very flexible because it is an online school where every student manages their time of study. Students can study anywhere and anytime they want. Students manage their time studying.

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Tips for Supporting Students With Special Needs Using Technology

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Interactive platforms like accredited online schools K-12 often include features that cater to diverse learning styles, such as visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. You’ll find that they’re perfect for tailoring education to individual needs by allowing students to work at their own pace and explore subjects in depth.

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Skip high school. Go straight to college. Here’s how!

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By Rylie VanOrsdol In my fourteen years of life, I have been public schooled, online schooled, charter schooled, private schooled, Montessori schooled, and homeschooled. I’ve skipped a grade and completed a grade in three months online. A recent adventure was collegiate middle school.

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Reasonable strategies for the future of schooling in unreasonable times

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The Center for Disease Control (CDC) put out hard to swallow guidance about the reopening of schools. Unless there are some big changes in our educational system, we will not be able to incorporate this guidance into our schools. Reasonable strategies The Coronavirus can forever change how we do school. Here’s how.

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