Sentences with phrase «blended schools»

If blended schools throughout the country can demonstrate similarly strong outcomes, educators may well begin to consider how innovative design can support and enhance these learning environments.

But that may be because blended schools offered youngsters more learning time, more content, or perhaps both, rather than because of the different approach to teaching.

In our analyses, the cost savings of blended schools outstrip their differences in physical size, and these savings are not canceled out by the economies of scale that larger projects provide.

Newspapers and school district announcements are full of terms like «MOOCs» (massive open online courses), «blended school models,» «virtual classrooms,» «adaptive assessments» and much more.

With a long history in the independent school space, Cornerstone Charter Schools is a network of four growing blended schools with strong roots and capacity.

Last week I toured schools and joined a CEE - Trust Blended Learning Summit (and today I'm back in Detroit headed for another innovative blended school, Nexus Academy of Lansing).

We have chosen the Blackboard platform through Blended Schools — a robust solutions partner in Pennsylvania.

A team of Intrinsic educators visited successful blended schools throughout the country while our firm started working on drawings and models for possible layouts.

Blended schools need a different blueprint.

Because we were one of the few daily face - to - face blended schools, we ran into the problem of trying to decide how to deliver instruction to students in the proper format.

«In order for there to be larger market traction, the overall industry has to see more results,» says Anthony Kim of Education Elements, a nascent firm that designs the technical back end for blended schools.

K12 is a company of educators with the nation's largest network of K - 12 online school teachers, providing instruction, academic services, and learning solutions to public schools and districts, traditional classrooms, blended school programs, and directly to families.

Working group members visit top national blended schools to learn from their leaders, teachers, families, and community supports.

Through its blended - learning and other reform - focused activities, CEE - Trust connects some of today's smartest cities — including existing blended - learning leaders and education technology hubs, and others poised to join them in creating, implementing, and supporting the next wave of high - quality blended schools and programs.

Rocketship Education, a charter management organization recognized nationally for its high - performing blended schools in California, will open its first D.C. school in the fall of 2016.

Strong interpersonal relationships and character development are at the core of this San Jose, CA blended school's model.

The Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) launches its MBA in Education Leadership, an entrepreneurial principal preparation initiative that blends school leadership training with business coursework.

Connections supports 36 Connections Academy virtual public schools and Nexus Academy blended schools that operate in 26 states, and serve more than 60,000 students.

We have been, and will likely continue to be, subject to public policy lawsuits filed against virtual and blended schools by those who do not share our belief in the value of this form of public education.

Staffing & development: The potential to work in teams with on - demand support will improve working conditions for teachers and make most blended schools more responsive to all students, especially those with special needs.

As a non-profit charter school operator that targets underperforming schools with a competency - based, technology enabled turnaround model, it brings together some of the country's leading practitioners in engagements involving lead turnaround partners, blended school design and implementation and coaching of master teachers.

Carpe Diem represents what will likely be a crucial chapter in the story of blended schools: a turn to a blended model because of financial or facilities challenges.

Focus on tech - prep programs, ventures that join high schools to community colleges, work - study, schedules that blend school with jobs, voluntarism and community service, and kindred ways of tapping into the «affective,» pecuniary, and social sides of young people.

Amy had the opportunity to collaborate with a team of parents to develop the Ohana Institute, an innovative blended school, focused on global citizenship and discovery learning, serving as Director in its first year.

Princeton didn't have an extensive track record in space - systems work, but Kasdin figured he could put together a strong team that blended the school's engineering talent with its celebrated astrophysicists.

Success or failure for the Nevada ESA program lies in innovation — new private schools, new micro-schools, new Cristo Rey - model schools (students sharing office jobs to generate revenue), blended schools, co-op arrangements drawing from the home schooling experience, combinations of the above, and who know what else?

Some factors that influenced our decision include the library of fully developed courses from Blended Schools, the fact the Blackboard is a leading solution in higher education, and the experience and service record that Blended Schools brings to the table.

Still, in the two blended schools, the area dedicated to core learning spaces is 55 percent and 62 percent, respectively, of the total floor area.

Most of that difference derives from the fact that the two blended schools, like many charter schools, did not include facilities such as cafeterias and traditional libraries.

The author's cost figures reflect estimates of what online and blended schools are currently spending, rather than what they should be spending.

Carpe Diem is a blended school based in Yuma, Ariz., which will be expanding beyond the state into Indiana in the next school year.

Web - based student information system for online / virtual and blended schools.

Is the blended school the model he's looking for?

Blended schooling is dawning at a time when, as recent public opinion polls show, people are open to online learning.

Many Roman Catholic schools have their own unique approaches to single - sex schooling by offering co-institutional or blended schooling.

Bringing digital learning to school children worldwide, Pearson is helping to transform education with full - time online and blended schools, online courses, technology, and host of support services.

Another full - time virtual school, Monmouth County - based New Jersey Virtual Charter School, requested an additional planning year, as did Merit Preparatory of Trenton, also a blended school.

Intrinsic Schools, which opened in Fall 2013, will serve 7 - 12th grade students in Chicago using a blended school model.

He asserts that with some re-thinking, blended schools — those that combine online and face - to - face learning — will be the future of education.

Fairfield Charter School in the nearby West Ashley area of Charleston will be a blended school, offering both traditional classroom courses and virtual learning courses over the Internet to address the needs of local high school students who seek scheduling flexibility.

Require virtual and blended schools to devote more money to instruction.