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

ED Surge

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. So many bright educators love teaching and love kids, but they're physically and emotionally exhausted.

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

Cool Cat Teacher

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. 28 years teaching, Jon, that is so awesome.

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

ED Surge

Try to use CBE to bridge the “skills gap” between what employers say they need and what schools and colleges teach. Look for achievable steps that point toward large-scale change to a competency-based system. But instructors who stay often end up liking the model better, he added.

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