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Supporting Districts to Develop Inclusive Computing Pathways

ED Surge

While all 50 state education departments have created CS and CT standards, not all districts are actively and systematically implementing such computing standards across their schools. North Salem sets a good precedent; district adoption of standards and initiatives is the crucial next step for the expansion of genuinely inclusive computing.

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Discovery Education Leadership Symposium

STEM Discovery Education

Recently, Discovery Education had the honor of hosting a group of innovative leaders, including state commissioners, school superintendents, national experts, and policy makers, at our 8th Annual Leadership Symposium on September 28 and 29 in Denver, CO. The Great Emergence: Innovations Supporting the New Era of Education.

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ICYMI: Leadership Symposium Recap

STEM Discovery Education

Recently, Discovery Education had the honor of hosting a group of innovative leaders, including state commissioners, school superintendents, national experts, and policy makers, at our 8th Annual Leadership Symposium on September 28 and 29 in Denver, CO. The Great Emergence: Innovations Supporting the New Era of Education.

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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. Dell Black Friday and Year Long Education Deals.

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What If We Measured Learning Through Skills Gained, Not Time Spent in the Classroom?

ED Surge

Now, the institution that developed the time-based standard more than a century ago that is used throughout education is calling for the creation of a different way to quantify academic progress. Like the reality that it takes different students different amounts of time to acquire skills. “It That would be a very risky proposition.”

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After Transforming a College With Online Offerings, a President Steps Down to Tackle AI

ED Surge

But he’s not done trying to bring big changes to higher education. But there's this new distance education thing, and if you want to keep your preferred provider status, you have to start offering that. And at their height, these for-profits educated 12 percent of all American college students. But nature abhors a vacuum.

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Why Mastery Based Learning is a Good Option

Ask a Tech Teacher

Learning is personalized, based on school standards. In fact, in so many ways, it brings common sense back to education. Success in an MBL program is defined by the achievement of competencies , not intangible performance measures or student-to-student comparisons. Educational applications. What is MBL.

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