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Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Proficiency-based approaches are also supposed to create more equitable schools, closing gaps by giving students who might fall behind the time and resources they need to succeed. The idea, popular among well-funded education philanthropies and education advocacy groups, is gaining ground across the United States. percent to 89.1

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

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