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Steps to Help Schools Transform to Competency-Based Learning

MindShift

If a student fails to learn a skill, he or she accepts that result and moves on to the next topic with the rest of the class. Competency-based learning, on the other hand, insists on mastery of subjects and provides students the time to learn; the students are not marched past failure.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report Washington Elementary is a K-8 school in Lindsay, an agricultural community in California’s Central Valley. Ushering in a new model.

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Four Ways to Redefine Parent Teacher Conferences—With a Little Help from Ironman

Edsurge

As a former New York City high school teacher, I know that parent-teacher conferences seldom provide parents with enough time to process what their children learned, what they’re interested in, and what needs improvement. How to integrate social emotional learning —plus a guide to SEL. Three student-centered strategies.

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6 tips from personalized learning innovators leading change

eSchool News

More than 100 teachers and leaders from around the country were invited to share their approaches to piloting and scaling blended learning in classrooms and schools, which we summarized in our latest report, From the Frontlines , out this week.

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Goodbye ABCs: How One State is Moving Beyond Grade Levels and Graded Assessments

Edsurge

Mary Earick, project director for NG2, says the purpose of the program is to create more flexible learning pathways for students through “competency-based multiage schooling,” which allows students to move on to new objectives only after mastering others. “[NG2]

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How 2Revolutions is Helping Schools, Districts, and States Support Future of Learning Models

Edsurge

In 2011, Rubin and Kern co-authored and released, Designing The Future of Learning, a white paper focused on the transformation taking place in the educational system. Build From 2013 - 2016, 12 Colorado districts and about 150 educators participated in short-cycle prototypes around two topics: blended learning and rethinking time and talent.

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Has New Hampshire found the secret to online education that works?

The Hechinger Report

Related: Rhode Island’s lively experiment in blended learning. Being ever present is paramount to building that working relationship,” she said. Competencies. In a competency-based school, especially a virtual one, semesters lose their shape.