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…
Congressional Hearings on Competency Ed in Higher Ed
Just in case you want to listen in to the House Education and the Workforce Committee hearings…
The Tough Question: What is the Federal Role in Competency Education?
Over the past few years we have seen a groundswell of interest and adoption of competency based…
Does the NCAA Allow Online Courses or Competency-Based Education?
Does the NCAA allow online courses for high school athletes to be eligible for college? The short…
Collegiate Endorsement of Proficiency-Based Education and Graduation
We all know higher education plays a big role in designing and institutionalizing competency education, including alignment…
Department of Education Letter Could Put Cracks in the Credit Hour
This post was originally published on March 19, 2013 by the New America Foundation. The U.S. Department…
Ensuring the Going is Good
The recent surge in interest regarding competency-based approaches in education — the idea that students advance by…