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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. Focusing first on math and then expanding to ELA and science, its objective is to make personalized learning scalable.

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Why Mastery Based Learning is a Good Option

Ask a Tech Teacher

Last year, only 61 percent of students who took the ACT high school English achievement test were deemed college-ready. In math, it was even worse — only 41 percent. An option several school districts I converse with are trying is called “mastery-based learning” — MBL. What is MBL. Characteristics.

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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. He serves on the advisory board for TED Education.

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