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Shift Your Paradigm PodcastEpisode 009 - McComb School District (Dr. Cederick Ellis)2017-07-2842 min
EdSurge PodcastDo Students, Principals and Superintendents See Eye-to-Eye on Eliminating Grade Levels?McComb School District down in McComb, Mississippi doesn’t just believe in the power of technology when it comes to personalized learning. In fact, for superintendent Dr. Cederick Ellis and Summit Elementary School principal Lakya Taylor-Washington, the bigger asset in going personalized comes down to removing arbitrary grade level assignments and creating “learning labs,” a style of competency-based learning that Summit has been experimenting with since 2015. At Summit, “scholars” are grouped by readiness and performance—not by traditional grade levels—and indicate evidence of mastery by completing projects at their own pace.
In theory, the rollout and success of this instructional...2017-04-2631 min