When done well, mastery-based learning ensures that each and every student leaves K-12 schools prepared for postsecondary education or the workforce. Credit: Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for ...
Corrected: This story has been updated to correct the number of districts participating in Washington state’s Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative. Every state now allows schools to embrace competency ...
NEW YORK — At New York City’s Urban Assembly Maker Academy high school in lower Manhattan, two things immediately stand out. First, its teachers are rarely standing at the front of the classroom ...
Rick: A lot of parents and educators may be familiar with the phrase “mastery learning” but not have a clear idea what it means in practice. What is it exactly? Scott: My journey began in 2012 when I ...
On Tuesday, I talked with Tim Knowles, the CEO of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, about replacing the century-old Carnegie unit of seat time with a mastery-based measurement ...
Dr. Josh Grochow, along with Dr. Ryan Layer and Dr. Lijun Chen, has spent the last couple of years researching new designs for computer science courses that might reduce the temptation for students to ...
On Tuesday, I talked with Tim Knowles, the CEO of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, about replacing the century-old Carnegie unit of seat time with a mastery-based measurement ...
Washington State Board of Education endorses a report on Mastery-based Learning, detailing the impact and strategies for ...
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EMMA BURRELL @goskagit Oct 4, 2023 Oct 4, 2023 0 LA CONNER — The La Conner School District received a visit Wednesday afternoon from a couple VIPs interested in learning more about the district’s ...
Writing a negative blog post about “competency-based learning” is dangerous! After all, how can any sane educator be against children developing competencies? So, we need to be very clear: We are not ...
Over a decade ago, I became intrigued by the idea of using a mastery approach to learning in accounting classes. It inspired me to convert my junior-level cost-accounting course to a mastery-based ...