Results: 1,001-10,000 students (26 Stories)
Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Byte Back Fights Back the Digital Skills Gap
District of Columbia
Byte Back, a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 by civil rights activists who recognized the importance of technology in uplifting and empowering communities, provides adult learners furthest from opportunities with a pathway into the digital economy and society. In several cities, Byte Back acc...
Topic: Digital Equity
Partially, but it also obeys your commands.
Testing District, GeorgiaHigher & Adult Ed
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything.
Topic: testing
Apple pie sweet chocolate bonbon
Testing District, GeorgiaP-12
Gummies cake donut jelly-o. Jelly beans powder donut cotton candy. Biscuit fruitcake bear claw. Pastry chocolate bar sweet roll tootsie roll toffee sweet tiramisu. Toffee jelly-o marshmallow ice cream oat cake. Powder cookie pie dessert apple pie dessert candy cheesecake. Icing lollipop icing. Tir...
Topic: testing
Lewis Central Community Schools: Collaboration Brings Cohesion to a District’s Transformation
Lewis Central Community Schools, IowaP-12
When Lewis Central Community Schools, a district of K-12 schools located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, first considered adopting openly licensed educational resources (OER), they planned to use them to replace an outdated set of textbooks at the high school level. Teachers and students commented that the...
Fox Chapel Area School District: From the Bottom Up
Fox Chapel Area School District, PennsylvaniaP-12
With its mission to “maximize student learning, achievement, and development,” the Fox Chapel Area School District in Pennsylvania strives to become one of the top-performing public school districts in the country -- a daunting task for any district. In 2012, Fox Chapel created a strategic plan ...
Hollister R-V School District: OER Ambassadors in Rural Missouri
Hollister R-V School District, MissouriP-12
Hollister R-V School District, in Missouri, underwent sweeping changes to their curriculum ten years ago when use of Openly Licensed Educational Resources (OER) was implemented by its administration, and teachers were asked to phase out the use of textbooks. Although curated OER is readily available...
Bristol Tennessee City Schools: Personalized Educator Learning Provides Foundation for Personalized Student Learning
Bristol City School District, TennesseeP-12
Bristol Tennessee City Schools has just over 4,000 students enrolled in five elementary schools, a single middle school, one brick-and-mortar high school, and a virtual high school. The district’s free and reduced lunch rate is just over 53%; the rate at some of the four Title I schools is signifi...
Topics: 1:1 Initiative, personalized learning, professional learning
Partnerships for Progress: Mentor Public Schools’ #GoOpen Story
Mentor Public Schools, OhioP-12
Mentor Public Schools has spent the past four years rethinking and revitalizing the instructional program for our students. Focusing on balancing the instructional methods available to our educators has allowed the district to move the student experience toward a scenario where the best possible tec...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources
Collaboration Supports OER at Fallbrook Union Elementary School District
Fallbrook Union Elementary School District, CaliforniaP-12
The Fallbrook Union Elementary School District, located in north San Diego County, serves approximately 5,200 kindergarten through eighth grade students in eight schools. The geographical boundaries of FUESD contribute to the unique population it serves. Stretching from the I-15 corridor to the Pac...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources
Collaboration is Key: Natick Public Schools’ #GoOpen Journey
Natick Public Schools, MassachusettsP-12
Natick Public Schools is a suburban school district located southwest of Boston. The school community has about 5,400 students and 600 educators. Grace Magley is the Director of Online learning in Natick, and her office was established to strengthen and deepen the district’s implementation of dig...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources