The Mastery Learning Model

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There is no universal system set up from the top down to make changes like that. But a federal mandate that it was attached to dollars that said schools have to offer a mastery learning model next to the seat time o a do it. It would be that simple, i say. We put teachers with content area experts in their fields,. and then they made a class room ready lesson plans.

Michael Shermer speaks with Chris Edwards about educational reform, his study and teaching of world history, the problems in K–12 education, the zip-code model vs. the seat time model of education and how they result in massively different educational outcomes, how “no child left behind” left children behind, federal vs. state educational systems, cheating scandals and what to do about them, the future of education in a world of free (or nearly free) online learning, comparing the U.S. educational system to other countries. Shermer and Edwards also discuss thought experiments, based on Edwards’ latest book, Thought Experiments: History and Applications for Education.