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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.” We live in an increasingly technological and computational world.

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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. Personalized learning can help us meet those needs.

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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. Click Here for Deals.

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

ED Surge

But LeBlanc, who was enthusiastic about technology and had worked in edtech, made a bet that was unusual at the time: He decided to grow the university’s online offerings. That growth ended up exploding as the acceptance of online learning grew, then got an unexpected boost from the COVID-19 pandemic. It was changing our technology.

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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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Discovery Education Leadership Symposium

STEM Discovery Education

Today’s innovation is rooted in technology, but she recognized that there can be a disconnect between the innovative solutions that leaders choose and teachers’ perception of those solutions. As Dr. Marzano noted, competency-based learning systems can be quite the paradigm shift, but “we’re standing at the cusp of real change.”