eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Sean entered Locust Grove Middle School as it was implementing “competency-based” learning, which tailors schooling to each child’s ability. Locust Grove Principal Anthony Townsend believes his students are more engaged and learning more under the new approach. Math comes naturally to me,” he said.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Find out how you can get involved with and utilize ASCD’s resources on Global Competencies for Educational Leaders. Dana is an Ashoka Fellow, was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 under 40 Progressive American Leaders, and was the winner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in public advocacy in 2014.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

The shift came to the school ahead of a statewide deadline to have proficiency-based graduation requirements in place for all of Vermont’s 2020 high school graduates. The requirements came as part of a broader effort to make education in Vermont more student-centered, with an emphasis on customization, flexibility and project-based work.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Find out how you can get involved with and utilize ASCD’s resources on Global Competencies for Educational Leaders. Dana is an Ashoka Fellow, was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 under 40 Progressive American Leaders, and was the winner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in public advocacy in 2014.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. ConnectEDU. TurnItIn (and the Cheating Detection Racket).

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