The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Avery Bencal is a fourth grader at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts. Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. Lewis has been one of the district’s most enthusiastic adopters of competency-based education. MELROSE, Mass.

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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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

So the entire school, including the students, held a weeklong design thinking exercise on what they thought school should look like. Roots Elementary School in Denver, Colo. is a seasoned pro at implementing personalized and competency-based models. He knew they had to do something different.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Plus, the available content was designed around how much time I’d spend teaching it versus what I actually needed to get students adept at learning the topic at hand. Khan Academy videos coupled with IXL exercises aligned to standards we were learning in class. If that sounds like a lot of work, it was.

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