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OPINION: We need more problem solvers and critical thinkers for an increasingly complex world

The Hechinger Report

That’s why I’m a fan of personalized and competency-based learning environments, in which young people do learn these skills. Students are not pushed ahead until they have demonstrated competence, but can advance rapidly in areas in which they excel and delve deeper into subjects that interest them.

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Is competency-based learning the next big thing in school reform?

eSchool News

Sean entered Locust Grove Middle School as it was implementing “competency-basedlearning, which tailors schooling to each child’s ability. The concept of competency-based learning has been around for decades, but was hard to pull off until the proliferation of two things: computers and universal educational standards.

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9 Characteristics of authentic learning

Neo LMS

Student-directed learning. Flexibility of learning environment and resources. What’s more, they even take ownership of their learning and get involved in everything the process implies: setting the tasks, the problem-solving process, the learning environment and resources, and the assessment stage.

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To Jeff Bezos: 7 Suggestions for Enhancing Preschool Education, From a Former Montessori Teacher

Edsurge

Maria Montessori created a curriculum for individualized, competency-based learning a century before any of these terms became buzzwords. Montessori teachers need rigorous science in their training, and—after they graduate—an online resource they can refer to for inspiration. I think I get it.

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Does the future of schooling look like Candy Land?

The Hechinger Report

Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks. Rubin thinks the pandemic has increased interest, “but overall the work of CBE is still too difficult and the resources/supports still leave too much onus on overworked [administrators] and teachers,” he wrote in an email. Sometimes there are tears, admits Joseph.

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State Support, Community Effort: Personalized Learning in South Carolina

Edsurge

Source: KnowledgeWorks Personalized Learning Resources. State Policy Frameworks for Personalized Learning. The schools we’re working with, they report what they’ve implemented, and it’s beyond amazing. They’re taking this and running with it.” Profile of the South Carolina Graduate.

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The Canary in the Law School Coal Mine

Edsurge

But were entities to emerge that paired online learning, with its flexibility and competency-based learning attributes, with place-based clinical experiences that trained students to practice law in a more affordable and practice-oriented fashion, the pressure on law schools would only increase.