Education Elements

JUNE 8, 2016

I had the opportunity to meet Clayton Christensen, the Harvard Business School professor who coined the term “disruptive innovation,” at the Education Commission of the States’ annual conference where he gave a keynote address. Then in 2005, I had an epiphany. So we were off and running.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. The reform model is known by several different names, including proficiency-based education. The state’s boomerang confirmed for many critics that proficiency-based education was a failure. MELROSE, Mass.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Across the country, schools are adopting new approaches to teaching and learning in order to prepare students for life in a technology-rich world. Challenge 1: Creating opportunities for authentic learning. Further, authentic learning has the potential to make students more engaged. Why is this so challenging?

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

At Pittsford elementary, she says, there are “a higher number of students who are meeting their projected growth.” When Allen arrived at Parker Varney in 2012, the school was listed in the bottom 10 percent in the state. Some even more so; “one student is moving from first to third grade.”.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

I believe the new proficiency-based diploma requirements are yet another beacon of educational leadership and innovation, one that will alter our education system in meaningful and lasting ways. But what exactly are these new kinds of diplomas, and just how difficult a transition do they pose to educators? First, the basics.

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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. Switching to mastery-based learning requires a great deal of coordination.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

At that time, more than 80 percent of students were failing to meet state proficiency standards , and the school was graduating less than half of its students. 84 percent of this Chicago high school’s students graduate on time and 52 percent of them now go to college, an 11-point increase from 2012. More of that change is underway.

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