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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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. Yet inflexibility is a hallmark of our current education system, apparent in our failure to meet the diverse learning needs of all our children.

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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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Turning Learning On Its Head

MARCH 13, 2016

In 2011, a group of educators met at the Competency Based Learning Summit. During that Summit, the leaders identified five key tenets of Competency Based Learning (CBL): Students advance upon mastery. Competencies include explicit, measurable, transferable learning objectives that empower students.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2017

For teachers and school leaders with sound processes for a blended-learning program in place, they are looking for ways to double down on teacher-student relationships. For example, Jonathan Hanover of Roots Elementary in Colorado described how his school has wrestled with balancing personalization with the communal experience of school.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As Sanjay Sarma points out in his book “ Grasp ,” the American education system has long been about “winnowing” down masses of people to those who are deemed deserving of educational investment and those who are not. The current system forces everyone into the same timetable to reach proficiency.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Micro-credentials, which provide recognition for these concrete competencies in the form of digital badges, could help facilitate this shift. In fact, I see the systems as complementary. But in the world of micro-credentials, the earner could have done their learning anywhere!

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Micro-credentials, which provide recognition for these concrete competencies in the form of digital badges, could help facilitate this shift. In fact, I see the systems as complementary. But in the world of micro-credentials, the earner could have done their learning anywhere!

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Digital Badges Education Competency Based Learning Assessment 120

Turning Learning On Its Head

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Some are encouraging students to take summer school, while others are working on systems where there is ongoing tutoring. I am not flipping my class per se anymore, but rather I am teaching using Mastery/Competency-Based Learning in my class. Below are a few statements from students in mastery learning classrooms.

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Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 122

EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Some are encouraging students to take summer school while others are working on systems where there is ongoing tutoring. I am not flipping my class per se anymore, but rather I am teaching using Mastery/Competency-Based Learning in my class. . Below are a few statements from students in mastery learning classrooms.

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Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 118

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

At the beginning of the year, Layla and her parents were concerned that her classes would be too easy for her; she had excelled at everything in elementary school and is both self reflective and motivated. This system can help a student like Chris feel comfortable asking Layla for help because she has already mastered the content.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2022

What should come next is an examination of how schools can more deeply and deliberately harness technology to make high-quality learning accessible to every learner, even in the wake of a crisis. That means a digital transformation, with three key levers for change: in the classroom, in schools and at the systems level.

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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. They can move ahead in the curriculum or, if a particular area has caught their fancy, dive deeper and learn more.

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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? Basketball, thankfully, doesn’t operate like our education system.

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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. You’ve brought iPads into your system, but the bigger change seems to be around getting rid of grade levels. Lakya Taylor-Washington, Principal of Summit Elementary School in McComb.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

But at Memorial Elementary School , one of two elementary schools in New Hampshire’s Sanborn Regional School District , administrators and teachers are given the freedom to experiment with cutting-edge ideas not in spite of district and state guidelines, but because of them.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 26, 2022

Indeed, if the phrase conjures up images of a junior high science fair with trifold presentation boards, homemade dioramas and solar system mobiles, or perhaps cute elementary students dressed up as famous people for a living wax museum, you would be forgiven. From a certain perspective, student exhibitions are not new.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

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. Because our education system is built to standardize, not personalize, transforming it through disruptive innovation is critical. What he sees might surprise.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

But neither the endorsement of powerful entities nor the enactment of new education policies assures that the push to create a skills-based education system will run like, er, clockwork. And even proponents of competency-based education say it can be daunting to do the work of unwinding academic systems from the mechanisms of time.

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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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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A bill backed by President Trump and announced Wednesday aims to reduce overall legal immigration by half while putting in place a new points-based system for applicants for employment-based green cards that would privilege graduates of American universities.”

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