iNACOL PLUGGED IN 5.1.18
Dear Colleagues,
CompetencyWorks (@CompetencyWorks), an initiative of iNACOL, released a new report, Meeting Students Where They Are, written by a team from reDesign. This paper explores how K-12 competency-based schools and districts can more effectively meet students where they are, fully preparing students for success in college, career and life. Below are sample tweets to share this report on Twitter:
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New @CompetencyWorks report explores what it means to meet #students where they are to ensure they succeed http://ow.ly/4LAK30jKCxV #CompetencyEd #CBE @reDesignLLC @nacol
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.@CompetencyWorks report explores 3 driving questions around meeting #students where they are. Learn more: http://ow.ly/4LAK30jKCxV #CompetencyEd #CBE @reDesignLLC @nacol
Below are the latest events, news and trends shaping the future of K-12 education.
New from iNACOL’s Blog: Education Domain
HA in Hawai’i: Redefining Success for Whole Child Learning
Emerging research in the science of learning asserts that environmental, developmental, psychological, emotional and cultural contexts and experiences are highly interrelated. These contexts individually and collectively impact…
CompetencyWorks Releases Equity Report for Ensuring All Students Succeed in Personalized, Competency-Based Education
The role of public education has never been more important – it is the bedrock of democracy. Competency-based education holds promise as a uniquely powerful model for fostering equity, but only if equity is an intentional design feature…
Action Steps for State Policymakers to Support Competency-Based Systems
State leaders can support policy for K-12 competency-based education to help all students succeed. Fully-developed, student-centered systems require significant shifts in policy and practice. They require the right balance of policies that…
The Work of Transforming K-12 Education
Our education leaders need: political courage and a will to change, knowledge and skills to lead, and educational innovation. There are implications for systemic changes that must be addressed if we are to transform the education system in…
Plugged In Headlines: Other News in Personalized, Competency-Based Education
Talking About Race (and Mastery)
Mastery Collaborative, CompetencyWorks
Study: The U.S. Isn’t Doing Enough to Prepare Students for the Automation Age
Caroline Preston, The Hechinger Report
Innovation in Real-Time – Part II
Nora Vernazza and Yusuf Hamdan, Education Week
New Belvidere School Program Incorporates Students' Real-World Experience
Nexstar Broadcasting
Round Lake High School's New Approach to Class Time Gives Students More Flexibility, Independence
Emily K. Coleman, Chicago Tribune
Passing on Grades
Russ O’Reilly, Altoona Mirror
Personal Learning as the Gateway to Equity and Access for All Students
Dr. Matt Doyle, Jessica Borah, Juan Ayala, Next Generation Learning Challenges
Upcoming iNACOL Events
May Leadership Webinar | The Science of Learning and Development and Its Implications for Transforming K-12 Education
May 16, 2018 | 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Learn more and register.
May Teacher Talk Webinar | Strategies for Teachers to Drive Student Agency through Inquiry-Based, Authentic Learning
May 17, 2018 | 6:00-7:00 p.m. ET
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May Special Edition Webinar | A National Landscape Scan of Personalized Learning in K-12 Education in the United States
May 23, 2018 | 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Learn more and register.
iNACOL Symposium 2018
October 21-24, 2018, Nashville, TN
Attendee registration is open.
iNACOL in the News
Choosing Personalized Learning as a Strategy for Educational Equity
Tara García Mathewson, The Hechinger Report
“Personalized learning” is among the most discussed initiatives in education today. Most schools nationwide say they’ve implemented personalized learning, to some degree. Some use online programs or software to give students…
5 Ways to Move to Personalized, Competency-Based Education
Laura Ascione, eSchool News
A new report from iNACOL examines five key issues that could help improve the future of U.S. K-12 education and increase competency-based education, according to the authors. In the report, the authors describe how the traditional…
Educator Development Key to Statewide Personalized Learning, iNACOL Says
Sarah Schwartz, Education Week
States integrating personalized, competency-based learning need to take the lead in preparing their teachers to implement these instructional models, argues a new issue brief from iNACOL. The brief encourages states to identify…
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