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Education Dive | November 12, 2018

As schools look to scale more individualized approaches, it can be easy for components like trauma-informed methods and PD to fall by the wayside.If you asked administrators to name the three buzzwords they've heard most in the past five years, "personalized learning" would probably be among the most common. The approach is certainly not without merit, showing significant results in school models like the private and Montessori systems but scaling that approach has proven to be cha...

educationdive | April 03, 2019

Two Florida community colleges won top awards Tuesday from The Aspen Institute's College Excellence Program based on their graduation and transfer rates and students' success in the workforce. Miami Dade College, which enrolls about 96,000 students, and Indian River State College, which enrolls about 24,300 students, each received $350,000 as winners of the Aspen Prize, which has been awarded every other year since 2011. Three other colleges — Odessa College and Palo Alto College, ...

BloombergQuint | April 10, 2020

Naspers spun off its international internet businesses into Amsterdam-listed Prosus NV last year, with the Cape Town-based company retaining a majority shareholding. The jewel in its crown is a 31% stake in Tencent Holdings Ltd., China’s biggest company, which it backed as a startup. The company also has interests in food delivery, fintech and classified advertising as well as other online-focused...

Study International | January 14, 2020

Digital portfolios is the latest edtech to gain growing popularity in schools. Presenting teachers with evidence of academic progress and personal growth, they help to open up new ways of learning in the classroom. By storing a collection of successful and shareable projects, students can also showcase their favourite work to parents, peers and teachers online. And with the ability to share these documents with educators, it can facilitate sessions of constructive feedback on their creations. An...