The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 19, 2021
The result was the adoption of “a learner centered, personalized, competency-based” approach that allows students to meet learning goals on their own terms, Rooney said. Related: Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning. The role of technology. Does it work?
Edsurge
MAY 17, 2017
Wilhelm believes technology can help teachers quantify student outcomes, ensuring more buy-in to a competency-based model. We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards. . We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards.
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Edsurge
MAY 9, 2017
more and more schools recognize the importance of SEL curriculums —and with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) now allowing schools to choose a non-academic accountability measure —the question is being raised: Do we need to measure these competencies, and if so, how the heck do we do it? In other words, SEL competencies.
Edsurge
APRIL 4, 2017
Rethinking Success in a Supportive Climate As a first step, Sanborn ditched its traditional, letter-based grading system and instead adopted a set of rubrics that reflect a student’s competency on state and district academic standards. The rubrics use descriptors such as: limited, in-progress, meeting and exceeding.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 8, 2018
The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. The April issue’s theme was “Nontraditional learning.”
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