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Can Personalized Learning Be Scaled to Ease Teacher Burdens and Close Achievement Gaps?

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Schools are confronting vast achievement gaps among students and an exhausted teaching force. Some say it’s time to finally commit to scalable personalized learning. EdSurge: How can curriculum providers help schools address teacher burnout and reduce gaps in student learning?

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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

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Mastery learning (also called competency-based learning) is being used in some classes and schools. Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. 00;09;18;28 – 00;09;39;18 Jon Bergmann BE Well.

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Proponents of Competency-Based Education Push to Spur Adoption — Amid Challenges

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Look for achievable steps that point toward large-scale change to a competency-based system. Yvonne-Russell, dean of the College of Innovation and Design at Texas A&M University-Commerce But organizers and attendees were also blunt at times about the challenges they face.

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