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OPINION: Still skeptical about mastery-based learning? Here’s a better way of looking at what it is and does

The Hechinger Report

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? Mastery-based learning precludes revisiting topics.

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To Connect Classes to Careers, Consider Erasing Grade Levels

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Some of these topics include agriculture, communication and information studies, human services, and health science. Each grade has a designated topic, paving the way for every student to explore and become familiar with a wide variety of career possibilities. These stories are what make the switch to PBL so fulfilling.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

The result was the adoption of “a learner centered, personalized, competency-based” approach that allows students to meet learning goals on their own terms, Rooney said. Related: Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning. Does it work?

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Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. This cozy suburb just outside of Boston is home to an idyllic New England downtown and schools that are good enough to draw young families in droves. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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Why Flipped Learning Is Still Going Strong 10 Years Later

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I said, ‘Look, here’s what I expect you to learn, and here’s everything you need to learn it. Go learn it, but I’m not going to tell you to learn it by this date.’ Mastery- or competency-based learning is one of those fuzzy pedagogical terms that is open to interpretation.

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6 trends to watch in K-12 schools in 2024

eSchool News

The rise of homeschooling It’s not new to note that homeschooling has grown significantly over the last few years since the start of the pandemic and diversified even more. The news should be that the growth in homeschooling from the pandemic is proving much stickier than people originally expected it to be. It may even be declining.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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Users can also use the NEO advanced features such as automation, gamification, learning paths, and competency-based learning directly from the Windows App. are still available, along with additional reports to measure reading habits, word count, project involvement, news article consumption, and more.

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