From Boredom to Engagement: Why the Credit Hour Must Be Reformed
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Even as public schools enter a period of extreme uncertainty, there are exciting developments underway to rethink the school day and to develop new ways to measure what students are learning.
Listening to a stimulating conversation about new directions in education with Timothy Knowles, president of the Carnege Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and Laura Slover, managing director of Skills for the Future, a joint initiative of ETS and the Carnegie Foundation.
The foundation is now at the forefront of trying to nudge schools to move away from measuring learning based on how much time students spend in the classroom, and to a more "competency-based" system, which takes into account skills they may have acquired through interdisciplinary projects, internships, work experience and so on. Also important are what educators call "durable skills" that studies show can make a huge difference in students' future success, such as communication, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and leadership.
This episode of “Sparking Equity” was produced before being rebranded “Education on the Line,” with co-hosts Pedro Noguera and Louis Freedberg.
Guests:
Timothy Knowles is the president of the Carnege Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Laura Slover is the managing director of Skills for the Future
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