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Supporting Districts to Develop Inclusive Computing Pathways

ED Surge

Now, students in North Salem have CT-integrated K-12 lessons to support and enhance their disciplinary learning. In doing so, we are providing meaningful and deeper learning experiences for all our learners, which will lead to equitable access and opportunities in CS.”

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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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ICYMI: Leadership Symposium Recap

STEM Discovery Education

Keep reading for highlights of our key sessions , which led to open, honest conversations on topics like equity in education, funding, and competency-based learning systems. Marzano also delved into the origins of the competency-based learning system, crediting John B.

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Discovery Education Leadership Symposium

STEM Discovery Education

This framework, based on 40 years of educational research, defines five progressive levels of performance that a school must master to become a high reliability school—where all students learn the content and skills they need for success in college, careers, and beyond.

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

ED Surge

For more than 100 years, high schools and colleges have relied on the same stalwart tool to measure teaching and learning: the clock. 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.

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

ED Surge

He plans to focus on a new effort at Southern New Hampshire to explore how to reshape college teaching through the use of new generative AI tools like ChatGPT. SNHU had these satellite sites on Navy bases. Navy, and you would have adjunct faculty who would drive to the base and they get their pass and they go in and they teach classes.

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Why Mastery Based Learning is a Good Option

Ask a Tech Teacher

This could be a solution, if not for all students, at least for those who don’t excel under traditional teaching. When this somewhat free-wheeling option is blended with the structure of Mastery-Based Learning, many schools find that it turns students who thought they “just weren’t smart enough” into lifelong learners.

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