The Challenges of Personalized Learning in Public Schools
(Preface: We wrote a post on July 25th, We Are for Public Schools, and another on July 30th titled, We Love (Public School) Teachers. As...
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Sep 25, 20225 min read
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jodycordova
Aug 23, 20223 min read
How Will Students Benefit from Personalized Learning?
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When a Revolution in Education is the Only Option
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Aug 9, 20224 min read
Education, Genius, and the Declining Use of Paperclips
In 1968, George Land (with Beth Jarman) conducted a research study to test the creativity of 1,600 children ranging in ages from...
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jodycordova
Aug 2, 20224 min read
Why Is A Personalized Learning Curriculum More Effective?
There is a lot of confusion about what makes an educational process 'personalized'. In an earlier post I wrote briefly about the...
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jodycordova
Jul 30, 20223 min read
We Love Teachers
We love and appreciate teachers. With rare exception they work hard, do a great job, and receive little thanks for it. In certain places...
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jodycordova
Jul 25, 20224 min read
The 2nd Element of Personalized Learning: Personal Learning Path
Every day, every person is on a learning path. We all begin that path even before birth. In the womb we learn what our mom sounds like....
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jodycordova
Jul 25, 20223 min read
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We have written several posts on the failures of the public school system. But, we have not written those because, in any sense, we are...
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The 1st Element of Personalized Learning: Learner Profiles
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jodycordova
Jul 17, 20223 min read
Personalized Learning: The New Robot
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