Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

It is burdensome and takes big chunks of time away from learning. At conferences on education policy and innovation we have heard the system referred to as an “albatross” and the “tail that wags the dog.” A growing number of states and local communities are examining how to shift to student-centered, competency-based learning systems.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

The only students here now are in photos, like the one of a VLACS graduation ceremony that hangs in a classroom turned conference room. VLACS’s founder and CEO, Steve Kossakoski, sat for an interview earlier this spring in the conference room with the graduation photo. Related: Rhode Island’s lively experiment in blended learning.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Thanks to a relatively new state policy, all spring Clarke went to the school library during second period for an online sociology class. “It They want them at school learning. Read more about blended learning. Most parents want their kids to go to school,” he said. It’s their identity.”. (In

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