These three characteristics of online learning are what makes it so powerful: 1) there is immediate feedback; 2) the student owns the learning; and 3) the teacher does not play the central role. Being in control of one’s learning is key to the effectiveness for students.

Thus, the most important skill that a teacher can give a student in the 21st century is how to search intelligently on the web, how to find the information you are looking for quickly.

These skills are considered “non-cognitive,” and might be better described as individual characteristics, rather than specific skill sets; they are not easily measured or quantified by traditional tests. These characteristics involve personal attitudes and social skills, and are not necessarily tied to performance in a specific domain, such as read

We are afraid our kids will not get the right education, so those who have the resources send them to private schools. In the public schools we are afraid the teachers are slacking on the job, and so we test and test. Parents don’t trust administrators or teachers, and in turn administrators and teachers don’t

Rotation Models: Gilroy Prep and KIPP Comienza

website AGoogleADay.com gives students a chance to practice

Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning, evaluates emotional-literacy programs for their grounding in research-based evidence, and has approved several dozen as “evidence-based.” It

SuccessMaker, an adaptive digital curriculum that provides a customized learning path and scaffolded feedback based on student performance. Teachers are also trained to use ST Math (ST is short for “Spatial-Temporal”), a software program developed by the MIND Research Institute.

Education Elements as its learning-management system, which allows students and teachers access with a single sign-on to its dashboard.