Indeed, Common Core and competency-based learning should be a natural fit, as the former creates learning maps for students to master that can shift the emphasis from time to mastery of deeper learning.

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Although we have a few models that have been able to personalize learning and do a better job of instituting mastery-based learning for students, no one has figured out how to do it at scale per se yet, and there is still plenty of room for growth in student outcomes.

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There is something here for everyone, be it Mastery of Community Management or learning how to make dumplings.

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The third step in brain mastery involves learning how to read the body language of others around you.

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At the heart of this model is a reimagined educational experience grounded in mastery-based, personalized learning.

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How best can we leverage the promise of mobile platforms to raise children who aim beyond mediocrity, and towards mastery in their learning?

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Embedding these experiences in digital learning makes it far easier to scale the good experiences across a mastery-based system, which would build student motivation for and ownership over learning all of which the research says bolsters learning.

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