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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. Olivia Mone, Melrose High School senior on competency-based learning. “It Acevedo sees teacher buy-in as evidence that competency-based learning is working in Melrose. “I

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Sal Khan: Test Prep Is ‘the Last Thing We Want to Be’

Edsurge

At the 2019 National Charter Schools Conference this month in Las Vegas, EdSurge sat down with Khan to discuss his vision for reinventing schools, the focus on testing and what he thinks about the recent stumbles of AltSchool, a nearby network of tech-driven independent schools. What does that mean to you?

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Competency-Based Education: A Reading Journey

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

How to Grade for Learning: Linking Grades to Standards by Ken O'Connor (4th edition, 2019) O'Connor has been challenging the idea of what grading should be for many years; in fact, the first edition of How to Grade for Learning came out two decades ago. Bonus: it includes a DVD with video clips! Stack and Jonathan G.

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How Improving Student Feedback and Teaching Data Science Restored Our Classroom Culture

Edsurge

Little did I know that by 2019 I would find a way to apply the data science strategies I learned as a geologist to bring joy and engagement back to my classroom. If it’s unreasonable, we have a quick conference to sort it out. They self-assess and give themselves a grade, which goes in the gradebook as long as it’s reasonable.

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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. Indeed, according to one story in The Atlantic , a school district in Colorado opted to do away with parent-teacher conferences entirely, encouraging parents instead to simply check online to see what their children were up to.

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