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How Cleveland revamped its preschool programs in just five years

The Hechinger Report

And classrooms needed more books and educational materials. And they underwrote the cost of intensive trainings for teachers to learn about instruction, social emotional learning and how to assess children’s progress. That plan identified preschool as an important first step to improve K-12 education.

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OPINION: Seven lessons on proficiency education

The Hechinger Report

Department of Education and think tanks as personalized competency-based education (PCBE), the model is founded on flexibility, as opposed to the time-and-location-bound work that students will face when they graduate. Advocacy groups like Competency Works promote a paradigm shift that includes customized schedules.

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Worldwide, Online, and Free - The Library 2.013 Conference Starts Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Wu Jianzhong Successfully Promoting Your Print and eBook Collections Through Social Networking - Abbe Waldron, Library Media Specialist/Educational Technologist What about second year seminar? The Era of Big Data - Dr. .