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What a Summer Prototype Taught Us About Measuring Quality in an Unbundled Education System

Edsurge

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.

System 60
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Will “school choice on steroids” get a boost under a Trump administration?

The Hechinger Report

For example, in Minnesota, which began allowing part-time online enrollment in 2006, roughly 1 percent (5,520) of the state’s secondary school students enrolled during the 2013-14 school year, according to the Minnesota Department of Education. They want them at school learning. Read more about blended learning.