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Competency-Based Schools Embrace Digital Learning

Education Week

Tom Rooney sees competency-based education--supported by digital learning tools--as the path to building a better school district. The superintendent of the 4,200-student Lindsay Unified School District in California, Rooney set in motion this school year a plan to move to a system in which students progress not on the basis of their age or a set school calendar, but by demonstrating proficiency on learning objectives.


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