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Competency Based Learning: How Flipped Mastery Makes CBL Possible

Turning Learning On Its Head

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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How 2Revolutions is Helping Schools, Districts, and States Support Future of Learning Models

Edsurge

In October, we will share a guide highlighting the trends, insights and challenges we've learned about while profiling five key players in the world of school redesign. In 2008, Adam Rubin and Todd Kern co-founded 2Revolutions , or 2Rev, because they believed the field of education was siloed, preventing innovation at scale.

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Why Flipped Learning Is Still Going Strong 10 Years Later

Edsurge

By 2008 it had its own conference, FlipCon (which closed in 2016). Early this decade there was perhaps no one person—not even Bergmann or Sams—more associated with flipping the classroom than Sal Khan, due in no small part to the more than 140 million views his Khan Academy videos had racked up by 2012. Jon Bergmann.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I It was an elaborate scam, dating back to 2012, but one that gave out many online signals that the school was “real.”

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A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

The Hechinger Report

Related: A Spanish-English high school proves learning in two languages can boost graduation rates. The impetus for the change at Juarez can be traced to Ocon’s appointment as principal in 2008, veteran school staffers say. A student who got an A was assumed to have learned something. More of that change is underway.

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