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….
Don’t Capitulate to the Credit Hour, Recreate It
This post originally appeared at the Christensen Institute on February 23, 2015. Last month, the Carnegie Foundation…
Beyond the Carnegie Unit
“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.” – Chinese…
What Would Andrew Do?
(See the second post on this topic Beyond the Carnegie Unit) Earlier today, the Carnegie Foundation for…
What Can We Learn From Our Foreign Language Teachers?
I stumbled upon an article Proficiency-based assessment and personalized learning: What world language educators have known for…
Accountability 3.0
A series of posts focused on Student-centered Accountability 3.0 as a requirement for supporting student-centered learning. (Part…
Updating the Carnegie Legacy
The Carnegie Commission created the infamous Carnegie unit in an effort to standardize learning to support professors….and…
Only Ten States Require Districts to Use Time-based Credit
Yep, only 10. That’s what the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and learning found out in…