Personalized Learning, Teachers Unleashed, and a Learning Analytics Partnership: The Story of Fresno Unified

When the first 400 teachers applied to participate in the Fresno Unified School District Personalized Learning Initiative (PLI) back in 2016, they did so to improve learning for their students. Along the way, they discovered improvements to support their teaching practices. One key success of PLI is the professional education and digital collaboration opportunities it provides to teachers. Fellow PLI teachers were able to communicate on Microsoft Teams, the same program they would bring into their classrooms. This support meant more successful implementation in those classrooms. Check out this article to discover more insights from Fresno's PLI.

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Lenovo Device as a Service White Paper

How does Device as a Service (DaaS) work? Take out a subscription for anywhere from 2 to 5 years. Get the latest hardware, preloaded with the latest software, bundled with the services you need to work more productively and securely. You will never again have to worry about... • ...aging, obsolete devices or software • ...separate maintenance and support contracts • ...securely and properly disposing of old hardware • ...high upfront costs of purchasing devices Lenovo's white paper, brought to you by Abrahams Consulting, is a closer look at how DaaS works.

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TBR PC Workstation Reliability Study

Are your PC workstations reliable? TBR found Lenovo® workstations in the first 3 years had lower repair rates than both the industry and competitors. And over 90% would buy Lenovo again! Here are more reasons Lenovo® ThinkStation® workstations are perfect for your business. • High-performance systems with the latest Intel® processors • Tiny workstations and towers that fit into your workspace • Mobile PCs fusing laptop portability with workstation productivity Download the 2019 TBR PC Reliability Study now, brought to you by Abrahams Consulting, to read how Lenovo outperformed the competition.

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Enabling Analytics for Improvement ‒ Lessons from Year 2 of Fresno’s Personalized Learning Initiative

How to do you keep the momentum rolling for initiatives? First, you need to understand your current success: what's working and where can we improve? Second, you need to communicate that success to parents, teachers, principals, and anyone one else with a stake in student progress. Fresno Unified's Personalized Learning Initiative, in partnership with #Microsoft, Digital Promise, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, integrated learning analytics to do just that. In this year 2 report, the results speak for themselves: The initiative is accomplishing its goals of closing achievement gaps and preparing students for "as yet imagined futures." Let's keep this momentum going to improve the lives of all students!

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