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“Every single one of you has something you’re good at,” President Obama told America’s school children earlier this week. “Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide.” He might have gone on to say that
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A recent report on online education for the U.S. Education Department suggests that some students may be better with online rather than classroom teaching. Here are some excerpts from the report: Students who took all or part of their class online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through traditional face-to-face instruction.
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In another step forward for differentiated instruction, Carnegie Learning reports that Hazelwood School District, near St. Louis, Missouri, has purchased Carnegie Learning Bridge to Algebra textbooks and software for 900 ninth grade students in the District’s three high schools. The program is designed to prepare high school students who lack the prerequisites necessary for Algebra
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It’s counter-intuitive, but when it comes to personalizing education, the best-funded schools may be falling behind their more challenged counterparts. So says Ann Henson, Vice President of Curriculum and Instruction for CompassLearning. Prior to joining CompassLearning, Ms. Henson was a high school math and computer science teacher and worked at a district level on curriculum
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