15 CMS schools launch ‘personalized learning’ effort
By Andrew Dunn
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Posted: Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014
Among several changes slated for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools this year, 15 schools are set to take part in a “personalized learning” initiative that aims to let students tackle work at their own pace instead of the traditional model of a teacher leading a classroom all at once.
“Students set their own course,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools chief performance officer Kelly Gwaltney said. “It’s a little different approach, but it’s more about 21st century skills than ‘everybody gets the same thing.’ ”
CMS received a $200,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2013 to come up with the strategic plan for the program.
Elementary schools in the program are Eastover, Grand Oak, Newell, Devonshire, Hawk Ridge, Lake Wylie, Pinewood, Whitewater Academy, Tuckaseegee and Barringer Academic Center.
The middle schools are Carmel, Ridge Road, Martin Luther King Jr. and Kennedy. The Renaissance School of Arts & Technology at Olympic High also is part of the program.
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