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The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning in America

The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning in America. Heather C. Staker Senior Research Fellow. The best companies. Handheld. Moving from integrated, expensive to modular, affordable. Personal computer. Minicomputer. $200. Mainframe computer. $2,000. 45% on $250,000 or 65% on $500,000?.

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The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning in America

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  1. The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning in America Heather C. Staker Senior Research Fellow

  2. The best companies

  3. Handheld Moving from integrated, expensive to modular, affordable Personal computer Minicomputer $200 Mainframe computer $2,000 45% on $250,000 or 65% on $500,000? $200,000 $2,000,000

  4. The disruptive innovation pattern appears in every sector Automobiles Airlines Hyundai Ford Toyota Chery Air Taxis Delta Southwest Retail Higher Education state universities community colleges online colleges department stores Amazon.com Wal-Mart

  5. Innosight Institute applies disruptive innovation theories to problems in the social sector

  6. Looming budget cuts and teacher shortages are an opportunity, not a threat • Credit recovery • Drop outs • AP/advanced courses • Scheduling conflicts • Home-schooled and homebound students • Small, rural, urban schools • Unit recovery • Disaster preparedness • Tutoring • Professional development • Pre-K • After school • In the home • Incarcerated youth • In-school suspension • School bus commute • Summer school • Teacher absenteeism Prime examples of nonconsumption

  7. Follows the telltale “S-curve” pattern Online learning is gaining adoption in line with a disruption 50% of high school courses online by 2019 % new

  8. Public schools are getting in on the transformation • 39 states have online learning initiative • 30 states have supplemental state-led programs • Districts increasingly getting into the game • Drop-out recovery • Credit-recovery • Homeschoolers

  9. Online learning is increasingly a blended phenomenon 90% need a physical school

  10. Definition of blended learning Any time a student learns in part in a supervised brick-and-mortar place away from home and At least in part through online delivery, with some element of student control over time, place, path and/or pace

  11. Blended learning is not . . . • Traditional school • Tech-rich school • Electronic white board with online curriculum to lecture • Online textbooks • 1:1 laptops/devices in and of themselves • Virtual school

  12. Emerging menu of possibilities Transitional virtual schools Blended schools Online-option schools

  13. Emerging menu of possibilities Transitional virtual schools Blended schools Online-option schools • Self-blend model • Online-lab model

  14. Emerging menu of possibilities Transitional virtual schools Blended schools Online-option schools • Classroom- rotation model • Off-site-rotation model • Flex model

  15. Classroom-Rotation Model Source: Education Elements

  16. Emerging menu of possibilities Transitional virtual schools Blended schools Online-option schools

  17. EPGY Online High School Albuquerque eCADEMY

  18. How will online and blended learning affect Arizona? Opportunities and risk

  19. More time for teachers and guided instruction 60:1 T Intervention T 5:1 Direct Instruction P 15:1 T 12:1 Seminar Learning Lab Independent Study 90 students 3 Teachers (T) 1 Paraprofessional (P) Source: Alex Hernandez, Charter School Growth Fund

  20. Career growth for teachers and HR flexibility

  21. Self-paced, one-on-one learning for students

  22. Limitless content, globally accessible • 2.2 billion children in the world • 1.9 live in developing countries • Almost half live in poverty Source: UNICEF

  23. New cost options and flexibility Albuquerque eCADEMY Alternative School $10,000 Central Student Supports School Services • Personnel efficiencies • Textbook savings • Facilities savings • School services savings Administration and Operations Spend per pupil Central Student Supports Instruction School Services Administration and Operations Instruction Source: Parthenon Group

  24. Challenges and risks Old policies with unintended legacies “Race to the Bottom” in terms of quality Sloppy systems and training • Seat time • Teacher certifications • Geographic restrictions • Little provision for broadband/wireless • Old funding models • Little autonomy • In general, focus on inputs instead of outcomes • Poor purchasing strategies • Cutting costs above all else • Lack of accountability • Lack of data • Inability to act based on data • Poor interoperability among systems • New technology crammed into old teaching models • Antiquated professional development

  25. Policy priorities • Tie funding to outcomes. Prevent the cost cutting “race-to-the-bottom” trap • Act on Digital Learning Now! recommendations • Create uncapped autonomous zones for innovation • Eliminate input-based rules (ratios, certifications, procedures, etc.) • Focus on outputs (the what), not inputs (the how)

  26. Why wait? Start with areas of nonconsumption Move to mastery-based models Expand autonomy as much as possible, but with accountability Experiment with time, space, and staffing Learn from the trailblazers

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