Despite pitfalls, more schools introduce self-paced learning
August 23, 2018
There are 75 middle-school students in the long, sunlit room, sitting four to a table.
They work quietly and independently on laptops, most wearing headphones. Some fidget, their chairs rocking with them.
A teacher sits at a desk reviewing the students’ work. She announces someone has passed their assignment, and applause ripples through the room Two other teachers roam around the class, checking with students individually. A fourth teacher sits next to a girl on a couch in the hall, working one-on-one.
When it’s time, the students get up and hustle with their laptops to snag a lounge chair or...
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