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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The total economic impact of Microsoft Azure SQL Database managed instance

When you think about switching from running and housing your SQL Server on-premises to Azure, the first thing that comes to mind is probably the infrastructure maintenance savings. But what about hidden savings? Like efficiency savings for your IT team and database admins? Or the freedom to expand your capacity as soon as you need it? In this financial impact study, Forrester explores all the potential savings, costs, frustrations, and advantages associated with switching to the Azure cloud. The results are exciting! At AGORA TECH srls, we want what is best for your business. Contact us to learn more.

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