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Student seeks to create the ‘Netflix of online learning’

The Hechinger Report

While watching TV in her free time, Joffe was struck by another idea: a ‘Netflix of online learning’ that could recommend digital resources to users. “I Our governments need to be working in partnership with tech companies to put the Netflix of online learning into action,” she added.

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Making an environment where teachers can create bespoke lessons

The Hechinger Report

Two key initiatives – assessment literacy and digital learning teams – are being used to help both teachers and students use digital resources in creating personalized lessons. “We wanted teachers to see the opportunities.”. And not just teachers. It’s also amplifying great teaching.”.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

They hesitated partly out of digital-equity concerns and partly for fear of transgressing federal laws on things like tracking of student progress and accommodations for students with disabilities (such as accepting student work in a variety of formats and providing tutors and speech therapy sessions).

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What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!

The Hechinger Report

Fortunately, long-neglected civics education seems to be on the rebound in many states, which has helped groups like the Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University get their message into K-12 classrooms.

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Young People Have Unanswered Questions About Abortion. Online Sex Ed Can Help.

ED Surge

Though comprehensive sex education has been stripped from some brick-and-mortar classrooms, lesson plans and digital resources compiled by experts have migrated online.