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Redesign Learning Experiences by Rethinking Time with Competency-Based Education

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And that variety and variability of student experiences since March 2020 make it challenging to imagine how to teach when the next normal begins. Some have thrived, others have been barely keeping it together. Still others we might have lost touch with altogether.

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Creative Solutions for Continuity of Learning: Navigating the Needs of Students, Parents/Guardians, and Teachers

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For the uninitiated, this movie is about an atypical learning experience, in which a high-school student joins a rock-band for a road trip as he attempts to learn how to be a journalist. His muse, Penny Lane, has a signature line, “It’s all happening!”

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Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead

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Source: Learning Heroes, Parents 2020: COVID-19 Closures - A Redefining Moment for Students, Parents and Schools “From their new front-row seat and despite significant challenges, parents are engaging deeply in their children's remote schooling and will show up differently next school year,” write the authors.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Hechinger Report : “How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.” ” Also via The Hechinger Report : “The future of proficiency-based education.” ” Via NPR : “How To Apply The Brain Science Of Resilience To The Classroom.”