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Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Proficiency-based approaches are also supposed to create more equitable schools, closing gaps by giving students who might fall behind the time and resources they need to succeed. The idea, popular among well-funded education philanthropies and education advocacy groups, is gaining ground across the United States. percent to 89.1

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‘Bigly’ Education Decisions for 2017

Edsurge

President Obama allowed the program to expire in 2009, but it was reauthorized for five years in 2011. Department of Education (ED) staff, Congressional leaders, state school chiefs, and leaders of major trade associations, think tanks, and advocacy groups.). It allows about 1,200 eligible students in Washington D.C.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. In 2009, Techcrunch named the laptop one of the biggest flops of that decade.) See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.)

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