'An Opportunity, Not A Problem', Says School With Only 26 English-Speaking Students

This article by Lucy Sherriff of the Huffington Post is about a school providing a flourishing learning environment despite the obstacle of having many students of different linguistic backgrounds. Here is an excerpt:

A primary school has 26 out of 700 pupils who speak English as their native language but this has not stopped the school from receiving positive feedback from inspections body Ofsted and ranking high in league tables.

The rest of the pupils, who amount to 96.3% of the Bradford school's population, use another language, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed.

According to the FOI response, primary school children in Bradford speak 140 languages, ranging from Polish to Punjabi.

Despite the difficulties the school may face with communication and language barriers, the school ranks in the top 25% in the country based on its exam results. Nearly 80% of Year 6 pupils gaining the required English and maths standards, the Telegraph reported, a figure higher than the national average.

EACS weighs online learning for students

This article is from Journal Gazette

 East Allen County Schools administrators on Tuesday discussed their vision of how the district could use iPads and online textbooks to enhance learning. Through two movies and a presentation, EACS Director of Technology and Accountability Bill Diehl unveiled how the district could move toward a “blended classroom” environment, in which students would be exposed to a blend of both traditional and online learning.

If the district moves in that direction, students could be given their own device, which at this point administrators said would likely be an iPad. Online textbooks could replace traditional textbooks and the physical layout of classrooms could be reconfigured to promote collaboration and project-based learning.

“Full-time online learning is actually detrimental to student success”

This article is from The World Socialist Web Site

Dr. Michael Barbour is an assistant professor in Instructional Technology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. With 15 years in the field of online education, he has been involved with K-12 distance education in Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. He has taught and worked in research, course design and administration.

In December, Dr. Barbour testified before the state of Michigan’s House of Representatives Education Committee to oppose Senate Bill 619, a measure that removes all restrictions on online cyber charters. The professor noted the limited nature of the research on online education and that the existing studies tend to show “full-time online learning is actually detrimental to student success.”

BlueVolt Wins Gold In Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Awards

This article is from PRWeb

BlueVolt (http://www.BlueVolt.com), the leading provider of online learning management systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries, is the winner of the Brandon Hall Gold Award for the Best Advance in Rewards and Recognition Technology for its innovative $BlueBucks rewards program.

$BlueBucks is a built-in, pay-for-performance system that excites and rewards learners as they successfully complete training through their company’s LMS or online University powered by BlueVolt. Proven to increase online course enrollments up to ten times, adding $BlueBucks to training ensures more learners successfully complete the courses companies often spend hours developing and promoting. Learners may redeem their $BlueBucks rewards for virtual gift cards at hundreds of retailers nationwide, the purchase of future courses, or donate to charity.

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