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OPINION: We need more problem solvers and critical thinkers for an increasingly complex world

The Hechinger Report

That’s why I’m a fan of personalized and competency-based learning environments, in which young people do learn these skills. We set out to meet that challenge and better understand the extent to which personalized, competency-based learning could prepare our learners for an uncertain future.

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Is competency-based learning the next big thing in school reform?

eSchool News

Sean entered Locust Grove Middle School as it was implementing “competency-basedlearning, which tailors schooling to each child’s ability. The concept of competency-based learning has been around for decades, but was hard to pull off until the proliferation of two things: computers and universal educational standards.

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Join Us for the Third Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 23rd, 2018 in Boston

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Find out how you can get involved with and utilize ASCD’s resources on Global Competencies for Educational Leaders. More recently he co-authored Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World. His most recent book is entitled The New Imperatives of Educational Change: Achievement with Integrity.

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Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Proficiency-based approaches are also supposed to create more equitable schools, closing gaps by giving students who might fall behind the time and resources they need to succeed. The idea, popular among well-funded education philanthropies and education advocacy groups, is gaining ground across the United States.

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The 2018 Global Leadership Summit - March 23rd, 2018 in Boston

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Find out how you can get involved with and utilize ASCD’s resources on Global Competencies for Educational Leaders. More recently he co-authored Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World. His most recent book is entitled The New Imperatives of Educational Change: Achievement with Integrity.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

Users can also use the NEO advanced features such as automation, gamification, learning paths, and competency-based learning directly from the Windows App. Original reporting features (time spent reading, books read, etc.)

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Making College A Powerful Experience For the Most Marginalized

MindShift

He spent the next several years bouncing between different colleges, in classes that were over his head, not sure how to ask for help, and struggling to pay for books and other expenses on a limited financial aid package. COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING. And College Unbound students are finding overlaps in their projects.

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