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How Mastery Design Collaborative Helps Schools Redesign their Models to Personalize Learning

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Prior to launching the nonprofit organization, both co-founders worked together at Education Elements , consulting with districts around designing and implementing blended learning models. In fall 2016, ASCEND will expand the prototype to the entire elementary school. For the pilot phase, this tracking happened in a Google Doc.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Hechinger Report : “How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.” ” Also via The Hechinger Report : “The future of proficiency-based education.” Via The New York Times : “ New York to Shorten Standardized Tests in Elementary and Middle Schools.”