Education Technology

Evidence-based strategies to boost academic andsocial-emotional results

September 21, 2022

Evidence-based strategies to boost academic andsocial-
Before teachers can leverage the benefits of engagement, they need to know what it is, where it comes from, and why it’s so hard to maintain as students age. Here we review the evidence, present McREL’s definition of student engagement, and provide strategies to assess and improve students’ engagement with academics and the entire school community.

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University of Phoenix

In 1976, Dr. John Sperling, a Cambridge-educated economist, saw an opportunity: to create an accredited academic institution that accommodates the lives of busy working adults. Today, University of Phoenix is the largest private University in North America, offering over 20 undergraduate and graduate degree programs — online and locations nationwide.

OTHER WHITEPAPERS
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Implementing school system reform in 2022/23

whitePaper | June 2, 2022

The Schools White Paper – Opportunity for all: Strong schools with great teachers for your child – sets out our long term vision for a school system that helps every child to fulfil their potential, founded on achieving world class literacy and numeracy. Our targets are that, by 2030, 90% of primary school children are meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths; and that the average GCSE grades in both English language and maths are raised to 5.

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Changing Demographics: How Educators Expect Populations to Shift

whitePaper | January 31, 2023

The pandemic has had a dramatic effect on student enrollment. Based on a survey of K-12 and postsecondary administrators, this whitepaper focuses on experiences and predictions regarding demographic shifts.

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Blended learning without limits

whitePaper | July 22, 2022

The way people think about learning has completely shifted over the last few years as the whole education system adjusted to major changes in society. Stay-at-home orders forced educators, parents, and students to quickly adjust to remote learning, and as schools began reopening, a “new normal” of blended learning took hold. In 2021 alone, over 23 million U.S. households with children under age 18 received online or virtual instruction.1

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Why Social and Emotional Learning Is Essential to Project-Based Learning

whitePaper | February 25, 2021

This paper looks at the connection between project-based learning and social and emotional learning (SEL).

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Innovative Learning Solutions to Navigate Complexity: Adapting Systems Thinking to Future Classrooms

whitePaper | July 29, 2023

Last year, the assembly of the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization agreed to set an aspirational goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, reinforcing targets and commitments made already by both industry and individual states for the sector. While net zero provides a common goal for aviation, it comes with a recognition that this sector is likely to be one of the hardest to abate. Most stakeholders agree that meeting this challenge will require a broad approach, encompassing both operational efficiencies and changing the ways we fuel flight.

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Empowering World Language Instructors in the Shift to Blended Learning

whitePaper | July 30, 2020

In October 2013, Getting Smart partnered with Rosetta Stone to release a report called “The Next Generation of World Language Learning.” The goal of the report was to create a vision for world language learning that acknowledged its role in global competency and to frame the vision inside broader shifts to personalized learning and blended instruction. Pointing to the potential of educational technology, we advocated for accessible, high-quality world language instruction for all students—from elementary through high school.

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Spotlight

University of Phoenix

In 1976, Dr. John Sperling, a Cambridge-educated economist, saw an opportunity: to create an accredited academic institution that accommodates the lives of busy working adults. Today, University of Phoenix is the largest private University in North America, offering over 20 undergraduate and graduate degree programs — online and locations nationwide.

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