Education Week - Sizing Up: Blended Learning - S3

ABOUT THIS REPORT: This Education Week special report
is the latest installment in an ongoing series about online
education. These stories examine the opportunities and
persistent questions that surround schools' and districts'
implementation of blended learning, the widely used
instructional approach that combines technology-based
instruction with traditional, face-to-face lessons.

A DAY IN THE
FLEXIBLE
CLASSROOM

S28

HOME DISCONNECT

Inequities Hurt Blended Models

S14

PREPARING TEACHERS

S20

GAUGING COSTS

Erin Brethauer for Education Week

S26

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CLASSROOM PRACTICE: Aspiring teachers at Clemson University
learn strategies for enhancing instruction through technology.

Teacher Ed. Ramps Up Tech Focus

Savings Tied to Blended Programs No Sure Thing
FLEXIBLE CLASSROOMS

New Model Underscores Rocketship's Growing Pains

S30

SEARCHING FOR RESULTS

S34

PRIVATE MODELS

Educators Look to Blended Math Program
With Caution, Optimism

Outside Public System, Blended Models Take Hold

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Video Tech-Infused
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Webinar
Blending Math Instruction for Elementary Grades

Take a look inside the Digital Media
and Learning Lab at Clemson
University in Clemson, S.C., where
tomorrow's teachers are being
challenged to use technology to
meet students' individual needs.

Feb. 13, 2014, 1 p.m. ET

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learninglab

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

STAFF WRITER

MANAGING EDITOR

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo

EXECUTIVE PROJECT
EDITOR
Kevin C. Bushweller

Sean Cavanagh

Benjamin Herold

CONTRIBUTING
WRITERS

Michelle R. Davis
Amanda M. Fairbanks
Robin L. Flanigan
Ian Quillen

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ASSISTANT PROJECT
EDITOR

Gregory Chronister

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The idea of blended learning-combining digital curricula and
tools with face-to-face instruction-for elementary grades is
becoming more popular and educators are finding that it works
particularly well in mathematics. Expert guests will describe
approaches for implementing those classroom models.

PRESIDENT & EDITORIN-CHIEF
Virginia B. Edwards

Digital Edition

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ART DIRECTOR
Gina Tomko

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COVER PHOTO: Severna Park (Md.) High School students use a blended learning curriculum developed by Carnegie Learning to study algebra.
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Education Week - Sizing Up: Blended Learning

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