Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In the summer of 2016, a community of educators, research design partners, and over 150 teens and young adults in Colorado engaged in a bold experiment to rethink how quality and impact might be measured in a modernized system of learning. In this relatively small, short-cycle prototype, the lessons we learned were significant.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

- 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. They created 2Rev as an education design lab—a place where designs for innovative learning models could be developed and tested.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

In this context, educators must be especially mindful that our uses of technology do not undermine meaningful learning. We must ensure that teaching remains a human endeavor, especially as technology and AI play a more central role in student learning in higher education.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2018

Back in the early 1900s, John Dewey promoted the “learning by doing” approach to education, which would later become the foundation of project-based learning (PBL). With our new focus, we are one of 10 high school districts in Illinois that have started to move to competency-based learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2019

My first experience as an educator was teaching middle-school mathematics and science in Baltimore. The goal is not to remove the obstacles from learning. Educators must be able to distinguish between moments of “ productive persistence ” and moments where students are simply spinning their wheels.

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techlearning

MAY 29, 2018

Three years ago, we transformed Kankakee Public Schools’ general education track into the College and Career Academy, which is 100% focused on using PBL to prepare students for future jobs. In addition, we are one of 10 high school districts in Illinois that has started to move to competency-based learning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

By far, one of the most popular topics at the iNACOL conference in San Antonio last week was “competency-based learning"; out of the conference's approximately 200 sessions, 35 had the phrase in their title. . What exactly is competency-based learning? Check out Competency Works' description here.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

“Impact investing” is a term that has become increasingly common—even trendy—in the education sector. Many investors, foundations and even private equity firms have started so-called impact investment funds with a mission to support companies involved in teaching and learning. Now there’s a growing focus on competency-based learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

Cederick Ellis and Summit Elementary School principal Lakya Taylor-Washington, the bigger asset in going personalized comes down to removing arbitrary grade level assignments and creating “learning labs,” a style of competency-based learning that Summit has been experimenting with since 2015. They own their learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

As edtech buzzwords new and old swirl , it is easy for educators to get lost among the fads du jour, much less apply the principles behind lofty ideas to make meaningful progress for students. At some schools, educators don’t take what they learn in alternative settings to improve mainstream classes.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as. The program—short for “no grades, no grades”—is hallmarked by the schools shifting to a more competency-based assessment structure and removal of grade levels.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

The state of New Hampshire has been gradually shifting toward competency-based education (CBE) for two decades. Two recent state initiatives are defining a set of non academic work habits that contribute to student success , and developing a statewide performance-based assessment system.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2016

Participants stressed that limiting the number of seats around a blended and personalized learning design table, in turn, limits the level of teacher buy-in to new classroom models. Participants noted that for educators pursuing innovative classroom models, breaking down those silos was critical. Open doors.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

By 2008 it had its own conference, FlipCon (which closed in 2016). A kid who does not do their homework normally will not watch the lectures at home even if you hold them accountable,” educator Chris Aviles has written in a screed against the model’s hype. Think of flipped as the operating system of education. Jon Bergmann.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Maine has long been an innovator in education, stemming back to the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Now all eyes are on our corner of the country as we transition from a traditional seat-time high school diploma to a proficiency-based diploma. Special Education. First, the basics.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

The shift came to the school ahead of a statewide deadline to have proficiency-based graduation requirements in place for all of Vermont’s 2020 high school graduates. The requirements came as part of a broader effort to make education in Vermont more student-centered, with an emphasis on customization, flexibility and project-based work.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Every year for the past 15 years the New Media Consortium and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) have been taking the pulse of where education technology stands among K-12 educators. Technology could be a productive part of this shift by changing where and how students engage with learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

That a lesson professor Todd Rose’s shared with educators and education entrepreneurs in his keynote at iNACOL in San Antonio, Texas on October 26. Credit: Tim Holt But how did “average” come to be a common construct, and why is it a potentially destructive concept, especially in the world of education?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

According to a study from Adobe (which an accompanying infographic shown to the right), 82% of college-educated professionals wish they had more exposure to creative thinking as students. Let’s think about it through the lens of project-based learning. Technology can allow students to show off their creativity.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CENTRALREACH PK-12 ( www.centralreach.com/industry/pk-12-education ) CentralReach launches CentralReach PK-12, a collaborative and data-driven software for special education. The software helps schools foster communication and coordination of instruction and care for students in special education programs.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Turning around struggling high schools is the toughest work in education reform. In a city that recorded 762 murders in 2016, the most in the nation , security measures like these were authorized years ago for every public high school. Advocates of this approach say it has the potential to redefine what education means. “Do

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Good for you. But that’s not my job. And honestly, it’s probably not your job either.).

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Secretary of Education, is giving parents freedom of choice, either to choose charter schools or to use vouchers to buy an education at any school they like, public or private. And, not unlike what often happens with charter schools and vouchers, the Course Access policies can set up a competition for limited education dollars.

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