Digital Promise

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Asante Johnson is a technology integration coach and STEM teacher at District of Columbia Public Schools ’ Wheatley Education Campus. Last month, Johnson joined a handful of educators from the League of Innovative Schools on a tour of three public school districts in New Hampshire, a leader in competency-based education.

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Competency Based Learning Blended Learning Education Blackboard 180

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In the summer of 2016, a community of educators, research design partners, and over 150 teens and young adults in Colorado engaged in a bold experiment to rethink how quality and impact might be measured in a modernized system of learning. In this relatively small, short-cycle prototype, the lessons we learned were significant.

System 60

System Competency Based Learning Education Assessment 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2018

The “Great Dome” on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is hosting an experimental program to recruit physicists, engineers, chemists, linguists, biologists, neuroscientists and other experts and train them to be primary and secondary school teachers. Future of Learning. Higher Education.

Competency Based Learning 96

Competency Based Learning Training Secondary Report 96

MindShift

JANUARY 18, 2018

In addition to the familiar student teaching routine, for instance, it uses virtual reality avatars to simulate classroom situations and crises. This gives them experience with a process, known as competency-based learning, that a growing number of primary and secondary schools where they’ll eventually teach are beginning to adopt.

Competency Based Learning 39

Competency Based Learning Training System Report 39

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Paid registration is required [link] About the Summit In a time of increased cultural diversity, global connectivity, and polarization of perspectives, how can leaders in classrooms, schools, districts, and education policy arenas support students with the competencies to thrive in college, careers, and as citizens in diverse communities?

Advocacy 49

Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 49

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

The shift came to the school ahead of a statewide deadline to have proficiency-based graduation requirements in place for all of Vermont’s 2020 high school graduates. The requirements came as part of a broader effort to make education in Vermont more student-centered, with an emphasis on customization, flexibility and project-based work.

Learning 85

Learning System Report Outcomes 85

Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2018

In one day—in the same classroom—we can dissect an elephant, weld a beam, take apart a car, and dissect a human. That’s one of the many reasons the Director of Career and Technical Education (CTE) for Florida’s St. EdSurge: How have AR and VR impacted students and learning in your district? It sounds powerful, doesn’t it?

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Robotics Secondary Industry Case Study 156