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The Professional Development Problem

EdNews Daily

Recent studies, including the Gates Foundation, the TNTP Project and Harvard research, all report failing grades from administrators and teachers alike, which is one certainty we can begin with. Professional Learning (skills, knowledge, theory). We also know that nearly half of all new teachers won’t make it past five years.

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Teacher shortages bring to mind the saying ‘necessity is the mother of invention’

eSchool News

As reporter Linda Jacobson noted in the article, online learning has long been used in schools for subjects they couldn’t otherwise offer. But for this to occur, the use of online learning shouldn’t just be to pipe in a virtual teacher that delivers more one-size-fits-none, whole-group instruction. She cited A.P.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

TeachThought - Learn better.

In 2015, someone asked me what I thought about innovation in higher ed in an email, so I responded with a couple of hundred words, which I added to in creating this short blog post. Competency-Based Learning. Video Streaming/ Flipped Classroom/eLearning Trends. 14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education.

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Pearson Efficacy Study Highlights the Challenge of Letting Students Retest

Edsurge

The MyLab Math report is one of 12 efficacy studies the company released about one month ago. The research, done in 2015, includes data from students taking remedial math courses on three different campuses of Arizona State University.

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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. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Competency-based education is Taymore’s way of injecting more self-directed learning, communication and problem-solving into Melrose classrooms.

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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

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-based, problem-based, project-based, and civic learning through community engagement are approaches that share a common interest in authentic learning.

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How State Reform in New Hampshire Led to Teacher Autonomy

Edsurge

The state of New Hampshire has been gradually shifting toward competency-based education (CBE) for two decades. The changes first impacted high schools, and in the past three years, the model has made its way into K-12 classrooms. The group settled on four practices: communication, creativity, collaboration and self-direction.