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A world where grades don’t exist and learning is free

September 15, 2012 Robert O. Duncan

In this version of education, learning will be free and available to anyone who wants it while operating like a whimsical playground: No one is late for class, failure is not an option, and a lesson looks something like Angry Birds, the physics-based puzzle game that has been downloaded more than 1 billion times.

via A world where grades don’t exist and learning is free – USATODAY.com.

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