Fit for Purpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education (DRAFT June 2017)
The purpose of this paper is to explore and reflect on the ideas that state policy needs…
iNACOL Symposium 2018
The iNACOL Symposium will be held on October 21-24, 2018 at the Nashville Music City Center in Nashville,…
A Better Way Forward for Competency-Based Learning
This post originally appeared at New Profit on September 29, 2016. Over two decades ago, I served…
Moving from Seat-Time to Competency-Based Credits in State Policy: Ensuring All Students Develop Mastery
This post originally appeared at iNACOL on April 12, 2016. School leaders find once they begin to…
Blast Off with the Assessment for Learning Grantees
With ESSA upon us, we are all hurrying to get our heads wrapped around what is possible…
Moving from Seat-Time to Competency-Based Credits in State Policy: Ensuring All Students Develop Mastery
School leaders find once they begin to optimize their instructional models using anytime, anywhere learning, state policies…
Competency-Based Education Task Forces: A State Policy Mechanism to Foster Personalized Learning by Creating Dialog, Surfacing Barriers and Providing Solutions
This post originally appeared at iNACOL on March 23, 2016. Transitioning from a traditional seat time based…
Moving Away from Seat-time: State Policies to Support Competency Education through Credit Flexibility and Enrollment (ADM) Funding
Seat-time, as it relates to earning academic credit and school funding formulas, is a potential policy barrier…
Idaho Agrees: Flexible Pace > Seat Time
This post originally appeared at the Foundation for Excellence in Education on March 27, 2015. The goal…
It’s Not Just About Time
When asked if Arizona is moving to competency education, I’ve never been quite sure how to reply….