The Power of Deep Discussions around Student Work
Originally posted on September 15, 2014 for the Center for Assessment’s Reidy Interactive Lecture Series. During the…
Mindsets and Student Agency
Originally published in the Spring 2013 issue of Unboxed, a publication of High Tech High Deeper learning…
Going Deeper or Going Further: Where Students Advance in Competency-Based Models
Originally posted Jan. 29, 2014 at The Christensen Institute. The crux of competency-based education is that students…
The Advantage of Separating Behaviors and Academics Through a Competency-Based Grading System
If we were to return to giving grades that are a combination of academics, behaviors, and anything…
Learning My Lesson
I had asked my ninth grade students to write a “last” chapter to the novel Seedfolks by…
Voices from the Field: Owning the LEARNING!
This article was originally published in the Reinventing Schools Coalition January newsletter. The RISC newsletter is designed to give…
Whose Classroom Is This? The Importance of Students’ Voice in Creating a Writer’s Workshop
To reach as many students and skills as possible in a given Unit of Study, and to…
Climate Change
At the close of classes last June, summer vacation hung on the horizon like the grand prize…
A Visit to PASE Prep at Southeastern High School (Detroit)
As we all know, competency-based high schools raise two issues you don’t often see in younger ages:…
Changing To a Competency-Based Grading System: A Student View
My New Hampshire high school made the shift to a competency-based grading and reporting system two years…