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Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

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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Where Are You on Your Personalized Learning Journey?

Edsurge

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.