The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

Education policy should be top of mind as state policymakers continue their legislative work this spring. After unprecedented learning loss, growing disparities in educational outcomes and overall public dissatisfaction, the time is right for an education overhaul. Almost half say that they want to see bold changes taking place.

Competency Based Learning 113

Competency Based Learning Policies Personalized Learning Education 113

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

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.

Competency Based Learning 130

Competency Based Learning Policies Advocacy Report 130

eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2016

Earlier this year, the Rhode Island-based Highlander Institute and the Clayton Christensen Institute teamed up to bring together a conference on blended and personalized learning in Providence, R.I. All too often, new approaches to instruction are designed in isolation from the teachers who will be implementing those approaches.

Personalized Learning 75

Personalized Learning Learning Blended Learning Competency Based Learning 75

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

They argue that challenging students to demonstrate competency on critical concepts only after they are prepared is a better and more motivating way to measure learning, and allows educators to address gaps before they grow over time. The pandemic really changed the policy conversation to more systemic shifts.”

Competency Based Learning 143

Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 143

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Powerful ideas that seem simple in print quickly take on new, and potentially divergent, meanings as they are applied to policy and practice. Enter competency-based learning (CBE), a term introduced in the 1970s when the U.S. How effective are policy levers? What role does technology play?

Competency Based Learning 140

Competency Based Learning Education Policies Assessment 140

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

We would like parents and administrators to trust our professional judgment and knowledge of children, which is not based on testing data points, but on seeing the whole child and understanding his or her individual development. Doing so impacts students’ career development, mental health and capacity for independent thinking.

Competency Based Learning 214

Competency Based Learning Data Outcomes Professional Learning 214

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

WHAT: Piedmont Middle School is seeking to pilot digital learning programs that support competency-based learning in science and social studies. There is strong leadership from the superintendent and middle school principal, focused on using technology to power personalized learning. Contact information.

Study 120

Study Laptops Competency Based Learning Policies 120

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. These are things that you need.

Competency Based Learning 113

Competency Based Learning Policies Common Core Elementary 113

Education Elements

JUNE 8, 2016

The Jaquelin Hume Foundation’s mission is to accelerate the implementation of high quality blended/personalized learning in America’s schools. It was geared to promoting school choice in all its forms mainly through grantees who advocated for it at the policy level. Personalized learning is an idea whose time has come.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Learning Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning 100

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. State and federal policies need to provide the foundation for ongoing technological research and innovation, affordability and sustainability.

Competency Based Learning 124

Competency Based Learning Data Policies Examples 124

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Bob LaRocca, Director of Policy and Communication at. His Boston-based consultancy works with districts to identify relevant MESH (Mental, Emotional, and Social Health) skills, and disseminate tools to build and assess those competencies. You can’t get away from subjectiveness of grading.”. Assessing the assessments.

Survey 124

Survey Assessment Report Academic Standards 124

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

In 2013, the Legislature passed a landmark education reform that offered students flexible pathways to graduation and more dual-enrollment options so they could earn credits toward college while in high school, and required the implementation of personalized learning plans for every student. I’m an educated person.

Learning 99

Learning System Report Outcomes 99

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

They get frequent updates on which skills they’ve learned and which ones they need to acquire. Mastery-based learning, also known as proficiency-based or competency-based learning, is taking hold across the country. Government policy has also contributed to its adoption.

Learning 110

Learning Common Core System Groups 110

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

They are a good resource for states, districts and schools to start the conversation about the new policies and practices that need to be put in place. Students can demonstrate learning progress and achievement in multiple ways through differentiated assessments, personalized-learning options, or alternative learning pathways.

Learning 40

Learning Comparison Assessment Policies 40

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

This year NMC and CoSN have also put together a digital toolkit to help educators and policy leaders start conversations about these trends in their community, with the hope that some of the changes they see happening in pockets around the world will become more broadly accepted.

Trends 28

Trends Technology Robotics Report 28

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. There is value in peer groups, in learning to collaborate at school.”

Classroom 217

Classroom Learning Company Assessment 217

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. The sale, the FTC contended, would violate ConnectEDU’s own privacy policy, and it requested that users be notified so they could request their data be destroyed.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” And by “take on,” that means “investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants.” ” More on Trump’s proposed immigration policies in the immigration section below. ” Make them learn to code , of course.

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46