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Distinctly Equitable: How This Chicago School Makes Competency-Based Learning Work

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Does competency-based education hold the key to providing an equitable learning opportunity to every student? As she puts it, competency-based learning “gives students the chance. Distinctive Schools network, we have been on a journey implementing personalized learning that takes a competency based approach.

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Khan Academy Wants to Make 'Mastery Learning' Mainstream. Will Partnering With Schools Help?

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But what about CEO and founder Sal Khan’s broader goal of changing the education system, by basing it more on mastery learning, not grades? Listen on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music , or wherever you listen to podcasts, or use the player on this page. How is that part going? Can you write well?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students. Google Reader. Google shut down Reader in 2013 , citing declining use of RSS. It is fair, however, to blame “Montessori 2.0” The TED Talk.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Pretty sure this is the best MOOC story of the week: “ Russian Underground Launches Online Courses in Card Fraud ,” Infosecurity Group reports. Via Business Insider : “Online learning may be the future of education – we compared 4 platforms that are leading the way.” Upgrades and Downgrades.