October 2017 CompetencyWorks Catch-Up
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Here are the highlights from October 2017 on CompetencyWorks. Happy reading. And let us know if you have questions you want us to delve into!
CASE STUDIES AND SITE VISITS
Wisconsin Series
- Part 1 – Buzzing Toward Personalized Learning in Wisconsin
- Part 2 – FLIGHT Academy: Magic Happens When Kids Come Together
QUALITY AND EQUITY
Catalyzing Equity Through Culturally Responsive Education and Competency-Based Education
HIGHER EDUCATION
Government Accountability Goes Unaccountable: Chilling WGU’s Innovation Engine by Michael Horn
The WGU Audit: The Fine Print by Alana Dunagan
EDUCATOR RESOURCES
Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Teaching Targets in Authentic Contexts by Seth Mitchell
What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education? by Natalie Abel
Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Making Space for Learners to Wonder by Courtney Belolan
REFLECTION
We are Going to Miss You, JoEllen
Making Sense of the Learning Sciences
Memorization is Still Important, Even in Deeper Learning
TEACHER AND EDUCATOR PERSPECTIVES
What if We Started Looking at STEM-Education Differently? by James Murray
AROUND THE WEB
2Revolutions
- Building Field Readiness & Capacity to Personalize by Adam Rubin
Center for Collaborative Education
- Why School Quality Measurement is an Equity Issue by James Noonan
- Personalized PD and Collaborative Teams: A Symbiotic Approach to Professional Learning, Part 1 by Diana Lebeaux
EdSurge
- Redesigning the Syllabus to Reflect the Learning Journey by Mark Engstrom
Getting Smart
- School Consortium Proposes a Better Transcript by Tom Vander Ark
Students at the Center