We talk a lot about differentiating instruction, measuring growth, and preparing students for the real world, but how do you actually do that in a system still driven by grades? Maybe you need a new model altogether. In this episode, we're exploring an approach to school called competency-based learning. I’m joined by three educators — Susie Bell, Heather Messer, and Beth Blankenship — who show us what this model actually looks like in classrooms. They share real teaching examples, how they assess growth over time, and how the <a href="https://mastery.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mastery Transcript Consortium</a> supports this work. Thanks to <a href="https://zearn.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Zearn</a> and <a href= "https://cultofpedagogy.com/everfi" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">EVERFI</a> for sponsoring this episode. To read a full transcript of this episode and get more resources on competency-based learning, visit <a href= "https://cultofpedagogy.com/competency-based-learning/" target= "_blank" rel= "noopener">cultofpedagogy.com/competency-based-learning</a>.

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