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iNACOL Symposium Keynote Speakers Announced

Carlos Moreno

Co-Executive Director, Big Picture Learning

Phyllis Lockett

Founder and CEO, LEAP Innovations

Tony Monfiletto

Executive Director, Future Focused Education

Russlynn Ali

Managing Director of Education, Emerson Collective, CEO, XQ Institute

David Istance

Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Jemar Lee

Fellow, Education Reimagined

Pamela Cantor

Founder and Senior Science Advisor, Turnaround for Children

We're thrilled to announce a dynamic lineup of keynote speakers for the 2018 iNACOL Symposium in Nashville. On Monday, October 22, our morning keynote will include Carlos Moreno, Big Picture Learning; Phyllis Lockett, LEAP Innovations; and Tony Monfiletto, Future Focused Education. Russlynn Ali, of the Emerson Collective and XQ Institute, will lead that day's afternoon keynote. On Tuesday, October 23, David Istance, Brookings Institute Fellow will offer a morning address. Jemar Lee, Education Reimagined Fellow will moderate our student panel, and Dr. Pamela Cantor of Turnaround for Children will offer the closing keynote.

It's Mastery Assessment Week!

Our friends at Springpoint are hosting the second annual Mastery Week, a time when partners working toward education transformation pool resources on a special topic, sharing them on the Mastery Week website and on social media. This year, the theme is mastery assessment. Everyone is invited to contribute to Mastery Assessment Week by joining the conversation and sharing their best ideas, tools, questions, and resources on social media with the hashtag #masteryweek. A highlight of the week happens tonight: Virgel Hammonds of KnowledgeWorks will host a Twitter Chat on 7 pm ET.

Reminders

iNACOL Innovator Awards Deadline Approaching

If you intend to nominate an individual for an iNACOL Innovator Award, we need you to inform us of your intention to do so -- by Friday, August 31, 2018 at 8 pm ET.

Pick Our 2019 SXSW Edu Panel

Online voting for our proposed session is open through Thursday, August 30, 2018. Please vote for us to ensure we are able to share important insights and lessons about personalized learning at SXSW EDU 2019.

New from iNACOL's Blog: Education Domain

Threshold Concept: Synchronizing K-12 Education Policy with the Learning Sciences

Threshold Concept: Building Capacity for Assessment Literacy in Personalized, Competency-Based Education

The lack of assessment literacy across the system is a major blind spot. Thus, building significant capacity for assessment literacy is needed to advance new competency-based approaches and address tough issues in our current system.

Plugged In Headlines: Other News in Personalized, Competency-Based Education

What "Mastery-Based" Can Look Like in the Classroom
Tara Garcia Mathewson, Hechinger Report

Competency-Based Credit Could Be Coming to QPS
Frank Healy, WGEM.com

Auburn Schools Will Use Proficiency-Based Learning and Traditional Grades for Some Students
Bonnie Washuk, Sun Journal

It's Time to Transform Our Schools, and Teachers Should Lead It
Anna Baldwin, EducationPost

A Year of Personalized Learning: Mistakes, Moving Furniture and Making It Work
Mike Elsen-Rooney, Hechinger Report

From NCLB to ESSA: Moving Toward Student-Centered Assessments
Jessica Leigh Brown, Education Dive

ATTEND

Policy

The iNACOL Center for Policy Advocacy leads the multi-stage evolution of policy necessary for the growth of effective personalized learning models toward the goals of high quality, equity, access and dramatically improving student learning to close the achievement gap and ensure every student has access to high-quality, world-class learning opportunities.

CompetencyWorks

CompetencyWorks is an online resource dedicated to competency education in K-12 education. CompetencyWorks shares original research, knowledge and a variety of perspectives through an informative blog with practitioner knowledge, policy advancements, papers on emerging issues and a wiki with resources curated from across the field.

Resources

Working collaboratively with diverse experts in the field, iNACOL produces reports, books, policy briefs, blog posts, webinars and related resources on key topics and tough issues that equip and empower educators and leaders to catalyze and scale personalized, next generation learning models. Use our web-based library to freely access and share materials.


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