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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. We set out to meet that challenge and better understand the extent to which personalized, competency-based learning could prepare our learners for an uncertain future.

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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. He and others say the proposal would require new money for training, technological support and more teachers. Like most principals, he already had a teacher-training budget.

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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. Rigorous Science In my Montessori teacher training, I was shown the typical science experiment about whether plants need light to grow: You put one plant in a box and another by a window.

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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. CBE could be the hardest undertaking that any district or school could attempt to do,” said Shawn Rubin, interim executive director of the Highlander Institute, which has specialized in training educators to implement blended and personalized learning since 2011.

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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.

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Join Us for the Third Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 23rd, 2018 in Boston

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Find out how you can get involved with and utilize ASCD’s resources on Global Competencies for Educational Leaders. The Center is a platform for advancing education for global competence for all youth through empowering professional development for teachers and school heads, systems change and public engagement.

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8 Ed-tech organizations every teacher should know about

Neo LMS

Focus: EdTech Access and Advocacy. CoSN positions itself as the only national professional association dedicated exclusively to education technology leaders working to transform learning. Focus: Digital Learning Advocacy and Research. Level: K12. The organisation has 26 chapters across 27 states, and 854 district members.