Year at Mission Hill, Chapter 9: Seeing the Learning

Jason FlomCommunity, Education, Learning, Student, Whole Child

“How do we know what students are learning?” So opens the narration of chapter 9, “Seeing the Learning.” Rather than simply reply on summative test scores to communicate whether or not students have “achieved,” the educators at Mission Hill create exhibitions in which students must present and defend their learning to a committee of teachers and peers. The complexity of … Read More

To Break the Mold, Is Competency Learning the Key?

Jason FlomCommunity, Education, Learning, Policy, Teaching, Whole Child

This piece was first published at Mindshift KQED and was written by Katrina Schwartz. It is reposted here with permission of Mindshift.   More schools are starting to question whether traditional age-based classrooms are the best way to go, and to change the dynamic of teaching to the middle, they’re experimenting withcompetency-based learning, a system that moves kids along at different paces once they’ve … Read More