Dear Colleagues,
Happy 2019! To begin the new year, CompetencyWorks offered three blog posts from futurist Katherine
Prince of KnowledgeWorks about challenges and opportunities emerging in
education. You can read them starting here:
An era shift was also happening at CompetencyWorks, with Chris Sturgis wrapping up six years of leading
the initiative, and new iNACOL Research Director Eliot Levine stepping in. In
his first post, Eliot shared some details about his research and teaching career,
as well as welcoming your feedback and suggestions for blog topics and guest
authors:
In December, Chris provided series of posts on two essential
topics in competency-based education. The first series is on the book Quality
Principles for Competency-Based Education, new from iNACOL and CompetencyWorks, which offers a set of guideposts
for schools and districts. (You can download it for
free or purchase a hard
copy.) You can link here to posts on each of the 16 quality principles:
The second series is based on Chris’ three weeks of school visits
in New Zealand, a country whose educational system offers many insights for the
development of competency-based education in the United States and other
countries. You can read the series starting here:
To Chris Sturgis, a champion of competency-based education, we
offer deep thanks from the CompetencyWorks
community. Your mark on our work, and our lives, will be felt for many years to
come.
Eliot Levine, Susan Patrick, Ashley Jones iNACOL CompetencyWorks
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