The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

After unprecedented learning loss, growing disparities in educational outcomes and overall public dissatisfaction, the time is right for an education overhaul. A decade ago, barely half of all states had policies in place that allowed for personalized, competency-based learning. Now, almost every state does.

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Competency Based Learning Policies Personalized Learning Education 99

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Karin Hess, Jonathan Vander Els, and Brian Stack have recently published a wonderful new book Elevating Competency-Based Learning in a PLC at Work (full disclosure: I'm quoted in the introduction and first chapter!) and ran a helpful session about effective professional learning communities.

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UDL Competency Based Learning Guidelines Social Media 100

eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Earlier this year, the Highlander Institute, The Learning Accelerator and The Christensen Institute teamed up to bring together a conference on blended and personalized learning in Providence, R.I. 2 Go Slow to Go Fast When Implementing Competency-Based Models. 3 Make Students Agents of Their Learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

This past week, we traveled to the Golden, Colorado to attend the Conference of Online and Blended Learning (COBL), put on by the iLearn Collaborative. Here is what we learned: In his opening keynote, Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart, asked the audience, “Why student-centered learning?”

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Personalized Learning iLearn Learning Dropout 60

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said.

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Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 137

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. At the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester, N.H.,

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Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 143

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

It’s Time For Personalized Learning In Education. In March, Tom Loveless, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, took an outdated swipe at the logic behind moving toward a student-centered learning system. Will competency-based learning exacerbate some gaps? What he sees might surprise.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Download and examine Ed Elements’ three models for elementary schools and its three models for secondary schools. Download and examine Ed Elements’ three models for elementary schools and its three models for secondary schools. It can work for those just starting or those already on a personalized learning path.

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Education Elements Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Blended Learning 60

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 26, 2022

When our district began its journey into competency-based education (CBE), one of the significant early steps was the publication of our Profile of a Graduate (PoG) in 2017. The Profile was crucial in developing our current Strategic Leadership Plan for 2018-2022, where Personalized Learning is the top strand.

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Assessment Competency Based Learning Examples Personalized Learning 52

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as. The program—short for “no grades, no grades”—is hallmarked by the schools shifting to a more competency-based assessment structure and removal of grade levels.

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Assessment Elementary Data Groups 161

Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

“At Fulton County Schools, we know that there is a huge opportunity to support our schools as they move towards increased personalized learning in the classroom – and one way to do that is to ensure that they are utilizing the most appropriate digital resources in their classrooms to support student learning. .

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Robotics Education Competency Based Learning Program Evaluation 120

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2022

And the digital transformation will honor learning that occurs outside of the classroom, allowing a shift to competency-based learning, perhaps using microcredentials and badges. Related: How to plan for a future of education where disruption is the norm.

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Competency Based Learning Data Policies Examples 113

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

McComb School District down in McComb, Mississippi doesn’t just believe in the power of technology when it comes to personalized learning. We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws. All of our classrooms are learning labs now.

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Competency Based Learning Policies Common Core Elementary 84

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

In my visits to elementary, middle, and high schools around the country this past academic year, here are five tips I took away for how educators can get beyond the buzz to implementation. My visit to Maple Hill Elementary School in the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, NY blew that notion to shreds.

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Blended Learning Competency Based Learning Elementary Course 112

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

It’s easy to get excited about the virtues of mastery, or competency-based, learning. What’s not to like about a system that guarantees that students learn, as opposed to one that is focused on the amount of time students sit in seats?

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Learning Competency Based Learning Assessment System 102

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2016

In a personalized learning environment, student needs drive the design of the learning. How you group students, spend time with students, deliver content and create the learning environment is adaptive. Subscribe to our Blended Learning newsletter. Students also have the ability to work at their own pace.

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Tech Helpful

MARCH 27, 2017

Access to information is at the fingertips of our students (even in elementary school). How do we make sure students are learning how to use tools beyond technology? elementary? Is this why project based learning, cross-curricular integrated units, genius hour, and personalized learning is becoming significantly more popular?

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Other features and functionality include interactive puzzles, word-free block based programming, different stages for all learners, and more. Users can also use the NEO advanced features such as automation, gamification, learning paths, and competency-based learning directly from the Windows App.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Plus, the available content was designed around how much time I’d spend teaching it versus what I actually needed to get students adept at learning the topic at hand. If that sounds like a lot of work, it was.

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Khan Academy Assessment Differentiated Instruction EdTech 60

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

Maybe he walks his younger siblings to their elementary school each morning, demonstrating a knack for caregiving. There is value in peer groups, in learning to collaborate at school.” Embracing Flexibility? Picture a high school student who balances his studies with a variety of other responsibilities and activities.

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Classroom Learning Company Assessment 215

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

Inside Higher Ed reports that “ National University is working to create a personalized education platform that combines three of the buzziest innovations in higher education – adaptive learning, competency-based learning and predictive analytics for student retention.”

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