Florida District Adopts New Tablet-Friendly Math Learning Platform
The
Jackson
County School District in Marianna,
FL, will incorporate a tablet-ready math program throughout
the 8,000-student school district.
Following
the successful rollout of a 1-to-1
tablet initiative in kindergarten through eighth grade, district
officials made
the decision to use Fuel Education's LearnBop math education system. Fuel Education representatives
said the
LearnBop platform takes advantage of the interactivity and
personalization
opportunities that come with tablets to apply a step-by-step approach
to
learning math concepts.
At
the same time, they said, it mirrors the
one-on-one process that comes with tutoring.
As
each step is undertaken by a student and
understood, data on the student can be collected immediately and
reported via a
teacher dashboard.
"LearnBop
is fabulous for remediation," Rogers
said, "as it helps teachers assign the standards we are focusing on and
then
track and monitor each student's progress toward those standards."
District
Math Coordinator Missy Rogers said the
LearnBop initiative is particularly helpful now that the district is
shifting
to the use of the Florida Standards Assessments, meaning teachers now
have
different specific standards and data that must be tracked on student
progress.
The platform is in alignment with those standards and assessment tools.
"Districts
across Florida are looking for proven
education solutions that meet evolving state standards," said LearnBop
founder
and CEO Bharanidharan Rajakumar. "We've seen LearnBop make a remarkable
impact
on student success as we have quantified the improvement in test
scores."
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Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.