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OPINION: Seven lessons on proficiency education

The Hechinger Report

Advocacy groups like Competency Works promote a paradigm shift that includes customized schedules. Demonstrations of competency : Support portfolios , which are tangible exemplars of work ( mostly written or spoken ) such as exploratory essays, infographics and recorded clips from a Socratic seminar or podcast.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

A must-read on Trump University from Ars Technica : “Trump University and the art of the get-rich seminar.” ” Stanford University’s Larry Cuban on “ Proof Points: Selling and Marketing ‘ Blended Learning ’ to Educators and Parents.” ” Education in the Courts. public schools.”