SXSWedu 2015
Why Future High School Classrooms Could Be Ageless
In this panel, Jeff Livingston and guests will discuss the case for a new model of secondary education: competency-based learning. This model asks us to reevaluate and ultimately reject the concept of purely age-based classrooms, an outdated aspect of our education system that is too often taken for granted. Jeff believes that grouping students by their competency in a subject rather than their age must – and will – become the new standard in how we determine student success and growth.
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Takeaways
- Discuss why the current model needs to be completely dismantled and restructured
- Explain why the competency-based learning model better serves students in preparing them for college and today’s job market
- Show how education technology, such as adaptive learning platforms, can help enable the classroom transformation to a competency-based model
Speakers
- Jeff Livingston, Senior Vice President of Education Policy, McGraw-Hill Education
- Ruth Rathblott, Chief Executive Officer, Harlem Educational Activities Fund
- Rashid Davis, Founding Principal, Pathways in Technology Early College High School
- Ann Adler, Executive Director, Young Women’s Leadership Network
Organizer
Brian Belardi, Director of Media Relations, McGraw-Hill Education
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