Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Back then, the Chinese language program at Latin had begun piloting a proficiency-based model, which is structured differently from a traditional grade-based model. The transition raised multiple challenges including course placement, grading, and community communications. My mind spun for a moment.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 10, 2020

This entry is an attempt to compile a useful -- but by no means exhaustive -- list of CBE related books that I personally feel have been either extremely illuminating in pragmatic ways (detailed models, insightful anecdotes, clear "how to's") or it inspired me to stay the course. Often the same book did both! Stack and Jonathan G.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. If a student was particularly interested in a topic not offered in an existing course, she suggested an independent study. Olivia Mone, Melrose High School senior on competency-based learning. “It

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate.

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techlearning

MAY 29, 2018

In addition, we are one of 10 high school districts in Illinois that has started to move to competency-based learning. We started by marrying the traditional, content-driven course work with performance-based assessment.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2020

Of course, a grading overhaul like this requires a huge shift in a school’s approach to teaching and assessment. Source: Edulastic) Teacher Enthusiasm Leads the Way in California Karen Hernandez, Math Teacher and Math Department Chair at Shadow Hills High in Coachella, California, learned about SBG at a conference.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Throughout the year, Two Rivers holds four student-led, parent-teacher conferences. Heyck-Williams says these conferences help families understand the grading system, as students sit down with the data to discuss their strengths and weaknesses. Getting teacher buy-in. He anticipates this will be a “position of honor.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

” Via Chalkbeat : “With union’s blessing, students at 15 schools in the Bronx will take courses taught remotely.” ” Navitas is a for-profit education company that runs courses in Australia (and elsewhere). ” Contests and Conferences. Unique idea sparks backlash in Bay Area community.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Little did I know that by 2019 I would find a way to apply the data science strategies I learned as a geologist to bring joy and engagement back to my classroom. This Class is Unfair The pivotal class I was teaching at the time was a physical science course, consisting of three sections of 15 to 17 eighth graders.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

By 2008 it had its own conference, FlipCon (which closed in 2016). Of course, the flipped movement still has its critics. Now it’s just the expectation,” she says of flipped learning at her district. I said, ‘Look, here’s what I expect you to learn, and here’s everything you need to learn it. Jon Bergmann.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Perhaps the district didn’t know what New York City learned when it audited its old data portal : it found that less than 3% of parents had ever logged in. Um, they do.) The Flipped Classroom".

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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?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

In thinking about how a semirural school district could support equity and opportunity for kids, they talked a lot about personalized and competency-based learning. The bell schedule and academic calendar were seen as nonnegotiable; student learning is what varied.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

In January 2015, Duggan enrolled in New Hampshire’s self-paced Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS), joining about 200 full-time middle and high school students and about 10,000 part-timers from brick-and-mortar schools statewide who take VLACS courses a la carte. Still, they seek each other out.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 12, 2017

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?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The report is pretty brief—a little over 20 pages—laying out five design principles for colleges and other educational institutions that want to try CBE: Explain what competencies any course or program offers. But that still leaves thousands of colleges with no competency-based program. And faculty are not always sold.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The logical extension of such policies – permitting students to take individual courses wherever they wish, by using online options – has already begun to take root in about a dozen states. It’s called “Course Access” or “Course Choice.” The editors.

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