The Des Moines Register – Ashley Miller
“A unique approach to learning is catching on in one local school district. Three Lincoln Intermediate instructors — Ashley Flatebo, Jill Geissler and Todd Godfrey — have recently been piloting competency-based education, or CBE, in their science, social studies, literacy and math courses. Instead of traditional seat-and-lecture time, students are afforded a flexible, individualized learning environment where they progress at their own pace. There is a simpler grading scale and learners move on once they demonstrate mastery of a particular concept or subject. While core ideas are the same, CBE can look different from classroom-to-classroom, the Mason City Globe Gazette reports. Geissler teaches a split period that begins with a traditional lesson. During the second half, students might be in the computer lab, watching podcasts or looking up information for books they’re reading.”(more)