Recent MOOC research (Guest blogger, Research Intern Anuar Andres Lequerica)
Today’s post is by Research Intern Anuar Andres Lequerica who takes a critical look at a Coursera…
Five Quick Thoughts About Accountability
There is a flurry of conversations about federal accountability policy and assessment going on around the country….
A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education
Although there are few barriers to competency education caused from federal policy, there is certainly a lot…
A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education: Building Capacity for Systems Change
This report discusses a student-centered federal policy framework designed to advance the growth of competency education. The…
State of the Union 2014: Opportunity Begins with the Promise of Student-Centered Learning
From opening words reflecting upon the power of education, the President’s address mirrored his commitment to ensure…
Colleges Commit to Accepting Proficiency-Based Diploma
The Maine Department of Education posted the following update on how colleges are responding to a proficiency-based…
HELP Committee Report on ESEA Includes Competency Education
Although I thought the government was shut down, some things just kept rolling. On Friday, October 11th,…
Michael Barbour: Distance Education, New Zealand
First of all I would like to congratulate the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) on…
Ensuring Practice Informs Federal Policy
During ACHIEVE’s Competency-based Pathways Working Group meeting today, Lillian Pace from KnowledgeWorks provided a quick update on…
Applauding the FCC’s important step toward an updated E-Rate
This jointly released statement was originally issued on Friday, July 19th: Today, the Federal Communications Commission took…