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Education Special Section professional development, or joint technology and curriculum initiatives, as EdTech Online states. Data-driven research is being gathered and assessed by college educators and results are being implemented in the form of metrics to keep individual students on track to graduate. If an individual student falls “off track,” teachers utilize that information to determine a course of academic intervention. This form of individualized learning is being employed across the country with positive results. Adaptive Learning Technology / Resources Addressing individual learning gaps continues to be at the top of priority lists for student achievement in the classroom. Adaptive learning technologies have already proven successful in the classroom and are a growing piece of the education puzzle. As the infrastructure needed to support these types of initiatives is more easily accessible and widespread, teachers are finding ways to incorporate these technologies into blended learning programs, according to E