Ensuring the Going is Good
The recent surge in interest regarding competency-based approaches in education — the idea that students advance by…
Challenging “What School Looks Like”
An unpublished Letter to the Editor in response to Tuesday’s New York Times editorial, “The Trouble With…
Federal and State Policy: What Is Needed for Digital Learning?
Yesterday, friend and colleague John Bailey (Digital Learning Now!) joined me for a conversation about upcoming trends...
State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada (2012)
As the fifth edition in the State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada series, author…
Responding to the Portland Press Herald
The Portland (Maine) Press Herald recently ran a few stories on K-12 online learning in the state…
Competency Education in Higher Education: Taking the First Steps
Last week I attended a Center for American Progress event on competency-based education from the perspective of…
Learning from the EU
I’m just back from the EU Lifelong Learning VISCED meeting in England. While there I had a…
iNACOL’s Public Comments on RTT-D
On Friday, I submitted the following comments and recommendations regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed ‘Race to…
DC Panel on Competency Education in Higher Education
The interest for competency education is growing in higher education as well as K-12. For those of…
Learning from the Cutting Edge
Over the last two years, I have been on a journey to try to make right what…