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The Power of Local and National Community Connections

Digital Promise

Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are local communities of practice that bring together educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and other community stakeholders (families, local government, nonprofits) to support innovative teaching and learning in their region. Rest assured, this work has only just begun.

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Making an environment where teachers can create bespoke lessons

The Hechinger Report

In September, the state government announced the RI Personalized Learning Initiative , a program meant to bring personalized learning to every public school statewide. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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After Transforming a College With Online Offerings, a President Steps Down to Tackle AI

ED Surge

But he’s not done trying to bring big changes to higher education. But there's this new distance education thing, and if you want to keep your preferred provider status, you have to start offering that. And at their height, these for-profits educated 12 percent of all American college students. But nature abhors a vacuum.

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A regional public university’s identity crisis

The Hechinger Report

Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University and national expert on higher education finances, began teaching at O.U. He says the university’s quality of education has declined, leaving the campus with “a crisis on our hands.” offered an affordable, quality education. Last fall, a white paper by O.U.’s

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Making Rhode Island a Home for Innovation

Digital Promise

In Rhode Island, the name “ EduvateRI ” represents the efforts of committed education innovators who have been collaborating since 2012 to seed, inspire, and scale innovation across the state. The white paper synthesizes the learning of regional practitioners and experts to set Rhode Island’s vision for personalized learning.