Adopting and implementing
blended learning at scale means that both teachers and administrators have a solid understanding of the new role of teachers in a blended environment.
Not exact matches
As Heather Staker and I have written, the models of
blended learning most likely to
scale into the core academic subjects
at all levels of schooling in the near term are sustaining innovations, in which online
learning is essentially an augmentation to the traditional classroom, but there is still a fundamental shift in the
learning model from the student's perspective.
An increasing number of regions are trying to create concentrated groups of
blended -
learning schools alongside education technology companies, which may be key to advancing the
blended -
learning field and increasing its odds of personalizing
learning at scale to allow every child to be successful.
They want to create a student - centered
learning system for all students, and
blended learning is the most promising way to do so
at scale.
The lack of information on numbers experiencing
blended learning has created challenges
at multiple levels — from understanding if the phenomenon is actually
scaling to contextualizing if bumps on the road, like the recent demise of Amplify, are mere blips or catastrophic events, and from understanding where policymakers and philanthropists can make the most impact to knowing whether the
blended learning that is occurring is a good or bad thing for students.
Blended learning offers an unprecedented opportunity to create a student - centered education system
at scale — one that personalizes
learning for each student in a competency - based environment where students move on in their
learning upon mastery.
A promising example of a replicable,
blended learning effort executed
at large
scale can be found in Idaho, where Khan Academy's largest U.S. pilot is under way (the largest non-American pilot is in Mongolia, a heavily rural country).
In a new Public Impact policy brief, A Better
Blend: A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital
Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at larg
Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use
blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at larg
learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student
learning at larg
learning at large
scale.
Then, to achieve excellent
learning at scale, state policymakers must change state policy to enable and incentivize a better
blend in large numbers of schools, through:
Academic Gains, Double the # of Schools: Opportunity Culture 2017 — 18 — March 8, 2018 Opportunity Culture Spring 2018 Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — March 1, 2018 Brookings - AIR Study Finds Large Academic Gains in Opportunity Culture — January 11, 2018 Days in the Life: The Work of a Successful Multi-Classroom Leader — November 30, 2017 Opportunity Culture Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — November 16, 2017 Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017 Opportunity Culture + Summit
Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence
at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering
Blended -
Learning Teachers Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter Charter School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay and Support: Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area Districts to Use Opportunity Culture to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C. Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016
Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Different?
Christine previously served as Director of
Blended Learning at Denver Public Schools, ensuring transformative school models could
scale across the district.
To achieve excellent
learning at scale, state policymakers must change state policy to enable and incentivize a better
blend in large numbers of schools.