iNACOL and KnowledgeWorks Submit Public Comments on Innovative Assessment Pilot Under ESSA
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) presents states with a historic opportunity to redesign K-12 education around…
UN Considers Proposal on Goals and Indicators for Educational System Outcomes and Equity
Today, the United Nations (UN) opens the 71st General Assembly. If you are interested in education systems…
Recommended Action: Replicate NESSC’s Collegiate Endorsement in Other States
We are in the midst of our annual reflection on the field of competency education – What…
Creating a Seamless P-20 System in Illinois
We do our best to stay on top of which districts are converting and what is going…
“Learning Engineering” Making its Way in the World
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on July 26, 2016 and Bror’s Blog on July 21,…
Operationalizing Paradigm Shifts in HigherEd
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on August 11, 2016. At the beginning of this series,…
The iNACOL State Policy Frameworks 2016: New Opportunities for States to Transform K-12 to Student-Centered Learning
Across the country, states are supporting local efforts to redesign K-12 education around student learning with competency-based,…
Organizing Around Competencies, Not Courses
Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC) a member of the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN), released HigherEd.org this week….
Harvard and Wellesley and Tufts, Oh My! (And Did I Mention MIT and Babson?)
I didn’t think I’d ever see the elites take a stance regarding proficiency-based learning. Thanks to the…
Insights from the RTT-D Personalized Learning Summit
I had the chance to participate in the Race to the Top District Personalized Learning Summit sponsored…