Turning Learning On Its Head

MARCH 13, 2016

During the 2007-2008 school year, Aaron Sams and I pioneered the flipped class model of education. 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.

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Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Learning Assessment 40

EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Brookings Institute did a study and found that math and reading scores dropped significantly and that this disproportionately impacted students from marginalized communities. . In 2007 I helped pioneer the flipped classroom model and that model laid the groundwork for what I am doing now in my classroom.

Handbook 118

Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 118

Turning Learning On Its Head

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The Brookings Institute did a study and found that math and reading scores dropped significantly and that this disproportionately impacted students from marginalized communities. In 2007 I helped pioneer the flipped classroom model and that model laid the groundwork for what I am doing now in my classroom.

Handbook 122

Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 122

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Competency-Based Learning. Competency-Based Education is something I’m hearing more and more about, which is neither bad nor good, but worth understanding more carefully. In 2015, the average state spending per student was $1,805 which was 20% lower than the average state spending per student in 2007-08.

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Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 140

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

In 2007, administrators were frustrated by the district’s poor outcomes and low graduation rate. 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. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report.

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Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 129

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Ireland provides oversight, strategic planning, and program design across all DCPS Global Education initiatives, which include world language instruction at 115 schools, the nation’s first fully-funded K-12 study abroad program, 8 International Baccalaureate school sites, and three new global studies schools.

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Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 49

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Ireland provides oversight, strategic planning, and program design across all DCPS Global Education initiatives, which include world language instruction at 115 schools, the nation’s first fully-funded K-12 study abroad program, 8 International Baccalaureate school sites, and three new global studies schools.

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Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 3