Janus’ $2.1 million grant to boost blended learning in Denver schools
Denver Post | Denver, CO
The investment firm Janus is giving Denver Public Schools $2.1 million to link teachers, students and software in what some say is a promising mix of high- and low-tech learning. Blended learning – as the pairing of human instruction and personalized computer curriculum is known – gives teachers and (
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Learning in the 21st Century
WTEV-TV | Jacksonville, FL
It’s fair to say most elementary schools still use textbooks, but one St. Johns County school is a few years ahead of its time. Kelsey Priest is a fourth-grader at Palencia Elementary School in St. Augustine, and she boasts that her school is unique. “I like how they use iPads instead of paper,” she says. Palencia (
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Reflections From Two Years of Khan Academy in the Classroom
Huffington Post
It has been two years since we first started working with schools to see how Khan Academy can support teachers and students in the classroom. We started off modestly with three teachers in Los Altos School District (LASD). The initial results were exciting, and the movement quickly picked up steam. Khan (
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Woodbury High School posts new electronics policy
Woodbury Bulletin | Woodbury, MN
Today’s high school students are living in the age of technology and Woodbury High School staff has decided to embrace it with open arms. Earlier this school year WHS launched its new electronics policy, which gives guidelines on how, and when, electronics can be used in the classroom. “We want to be (
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Online Assessments Test the Limits of Public School Technology
NJ Spotlight
As New Jersey moves toward a whole new battery of online testing, starting in 2014, a big obstacle stands in the way: At least half of its public school districts don’t yet have the necessary technology. In a survey this spring and summer, the state Department of Education found that just half of the districts had (
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Mobile technology transforms classrooms at Forsyth schools
Winston-Salem Journal | Winston-Salem, NC
Fourth grade has never been so fun. As part of a mobile learning communities study project at six schools in Forsyth County, students in Rose Ann Throckmorton’s fourth-grade class at Rural Hall Elementary School received Samsung Galaxy Tab computers to use in the classroom and at home for the year. (
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Myrtle Beach area parents turn to alternative education options
Sun News | Myrtle Beach, SC
More and more families are looking outside traditional public schools for alternative ways to educate their children. Experts say about one in four students attend some type of school of choice, which encompasses a range of options from private, magnet and charter schools to programs administered at home. (
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Pasco school district officials recommend approval of K12 charter school
Tampa Bay Times | Tampa Bay, FL
K12 Florida, a charter school outfit that wants to create the Florida Virtual Academy of Pasco County, is under state investigation for allegedly hiring uncertified teachers in another county. But that does not necessarily doom K12′s application for a charter school in Pasco County, said Nancy Scowcroft, the (
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Urban Cyber Charter School could be on its way to Central Pennsylvania
WPMT-TV | York, PA
Next school year, students in Central Pennsylvania and across the Commonwealth could have an opportunity to attend an “Urban Cyber Charter School.” The school will target urban populations, while focusing on students who are at risk of school failure. Those heading up the initiative call the school (
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Students weigh in on value of massive open online classes
Massachusetts Daily Collegian | Amherst, MA
Hundreds of thousands of people across the world have begun to take college classes from some of the most prestigious institutions in the United States for free. These students are taking massive open online classes (MOOC) offered by several online education companies, such as Coursera and edX. (
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Classroom Technology Leads to Teacher Cuts, Larger Class Sizes
Texas Insider
“We’re getting to a point where it’s going to be cheaper for kids to have the handheld devices, than it is for them to have the textbooks,” said Principal Bonnie Hansen of Sequoia High, as Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stood beside her. But what Duncan & Hansen didn’t mention, is that Moorseville, N.C. (
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