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Do Students, Principals and Superintendents See Eye-to-Eye on Eliminating Grade Levels?
McComb School District down in McComb, Mississippi doesn’t just believe in the power of technology when it comes to personalized learning. In fact, f…
9 years, 1 month ago
Reactions to a College Alternative: Debating the Merits of MissionU
A for-profit startup recently launched what it calls an alternative to traditional college, that takes only one year to complete, is advised closely …
9 years, 1 month ago
Beware of the Word ‘Flexible’: Architect Danish Kurani on Designing 21st Century Schools
“Flexible.” It’s a word that often pops up in conversations about redesigning learning environments, relating to choices in furniture or movable wall…
9 years, 1 month ago
One University's Approach to Innovation: ‘You Have to Go Slow to Go Fast’
Southern New Hampshire University is known as a place trying new things, and one thing they hope to do is create a culture of change on campus. To do…
9 years, 1 month ago
What Students With Learning Differences Really Want Us to Know: Q&A with Ben Gurewitz
A few weeks back, EdSurge traveled to SXSWedu to hear talks about technology and chat with educators and entrepreneurs. But while there, we met someo…
9 years, 2 months ago
Why Students Living on Campus Take Online Courses
Students at the University of Central Florida are busy, and it’s not always with classes. They have sports to play, student organizations to run, eve…
9 years, 2 months ago
Dealing with a 'Culture of Fear'—Administrators on PD in the Age of Blended Learning
It’s pretty clear that very few people in education enjoy those typical sit-and-get professional development sessions. And when blended learning gets…
9 years, 2 months ago
How One University Works to ‘Humanize’ Online Teaching
Cal State Channel Islands offers a two-week online training course for professors at the university called Humanizing Online Learning, with tips and …
9 years, 2 months ago
How Chicago's PilotED Schools Tackles Trauma, Civics Education, and "Student Identity"
Jacob Allen was the first-ever youth president for the NAACP in Wisconsin and a Teach for America corps member in Chicago. But it wasn’t either of th…
9 years, 3 months ago
How One Coding School Hopes to Teach Thousands of Students, Without Professors
An unusual coding school called 42 opened a campus just outside of Silicon Valley last year. It's free -- for those who pass a month-long coding chal…
9 years, 3 months ago