This week, Matt and Courtney talk about reflection at the end of the year, and how it can be used to spur things on a bit quicker when moving to a personalized model of education.

This week, Matt reflects on his trip to the FutureNowEDU conference at Design39Campus in Poway, California. He talk with Courtney about his experiences, his discussion with kids, and an interview with Tanvi, a social-5th grade learner at D39.

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This week, Matt and Courtney talk about what choice looks like in a primary classroom. Odds are you are already doing MOST of what needs to happen. Here are some ideas on how to make your classroom complete. Follow us on Twitter @plearnmc and at our website www.plearnmc.com!

This week, Matt & Courtney talk about personalized learning in the PreK world. Short answer - yes, it can happen, and should.

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This week, Matt & Courtney answer questions about how to improve and learn things around personalized learning! There is a long list of courses, conferences, books, advice - all of which can be found at plearnmc.com or on Twitter/Facebook (also at plearnmc).

This week, Matt and Courtney talk about whether or not personalized learning can happen in schools. We talk about the bills in the Maine Legislature to delay and/or repeal the law requiring proficiency-based diplomas, and what that means for the movement.  How do we respond to talk (by opponents of changing the way we do school) that test scores aren't improving like we said they would? Did we say that? What IS the point of changing to personalized learning? Here's one of many discussions to come.

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This week, Matt & Courtney talk about what standardized testing has to do with personalized learning. So many reasons about why standardized testing isn't useful for personalized learning.

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This week, Matt & Courtney talk about being explicit in the classroom. What are the skills learners need in order to be successful? How do we teach our learners those skills so they can be successful? Why can't adults get out of the way of the learners? 

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This week, Matt and Courtney talk about paying for personalized learning. How much does it cost, what are the long-term costs, and are there other things we need to consider when starting a personalized learning system? The article we mention is here: https://thejournal.com/articles/2018/02/13/paying-for-personalized-learning.aspx?s=the_bc_140218&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRreE1qTXlPREEwWkRaayIsInQiOiJQWHI2UlpYYlwvd1ROY3dndmF1eWVJSVhlMkpoa2U3dkNMMElzcTk5VnF0RVhZUmtBM2EwSzVRUk0ySGFKQzJ0K3ZNV29WcVl0VXJEVU9cL1FoVFRabG9VQzZia3VqVkF5eVhQckh0M040TFBBNE1RSWVoU2hyMkMwXC83azRvS3UxSSJ9

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This week, Matt and Courtney discuss an article they found... interesting. It was on Education Week and we found it to be a very interesting take on personalized learning and where the movement may be going. Thanks to @rickhess99 and @LarryAmplify for the thought-provoking words. Find it at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2018/02/a_confession_and_a_question_on_personalized_learning.html