The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They want step-by-step guidance on how to tackle challenges. That’s why I’m a fan of personalized and competency-based learning environments, in which young people do learn these skills. One professor reached out to tell me how impressed he was by the self-advocacy that students from our district demonstrated.

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Competency Based Learning Policies Advocacy Report 115

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said.

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Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 132

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. At the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester, N.H.,

Competency Based Learning 141

Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 141

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

Maybe he walks his younger siblings to their elementary school each morning, demonstrating a knack for caregiving. That’s one reason why the foundation has been pondering whether and how to revise its time-based learning standard for a few years now. Embracing Flexibility?

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Classroom Learning Company Assessment 214

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

We enrolled in the fellowship program, which began with a one-week training in the summer of 2019, put on by the nonprofit that developed the model, and extended into coaching throughout the current school year. In other words, how students are learning and how they can improve. Take a student of ours named Layla.

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Classroom Blended Learning Flipped Classroom Course 217

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

McComb School District down in McComb, Mississippi doesn’t just believe in the power of technology when it comes to personalized learning. We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws. All of our classrooms are learning labs now.

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Competency Based Learning Policies Common Core Elementary 85

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

Inside Higher Ed reports that “ National University is working to create a personalized education platform that combines three of the buzziest innovations in higher education – adaptive learning, competency-based learning and predictive analytics for student retention.” The Business of Job Training.

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