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Digging into self-direction

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When states around the country shifted towards standards-based, competency-based and proficiency-based learning and reporting, that involved separating the content-specific skills

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Data shows #vted leads nation in educators on Twitter

December 13, 2016February 26, 2019 Audrey Homan 1 Comment research, twitter, twitter chats
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Vermont’s new leading role online In today’s podcast, Mark Olofson talks with Joshua Rosenberg and Spencer Greenhalgh, education researchers from

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