Getting Your Feet Wet Reading List
The question came up the other day, what are the best 2-3 short readings for someone that…
Competencies For Competency Education?
With the help of our Advisory Board, Susan Patrick and I have been trying to sketch out…
Need Your Help On FAQ: Non-academic Competencies?
I am receiving an increasing number of emails from people that have questions about competency-, proficiency-, mastery-,…
Think Swiss Cheese
I think about design a lot. Indeed, Fast Company is a monthly read. Design is an empowering,…
Where Things Can Go Wrong
In the last three days, in three different meetings, I’ve been asked to summarize what I’m learning…
Productivity and Progress
In the report Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education, the authors highlight four findings…
Getting Started
I’ve been getting increased requests from districts and schools looking for consultants or resources to help them…
Wading into the Water: Curriculum Design for Competency Education
The section on Curriculum and Instruction in Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education is…
The Learning Edge
CompetencyWorks is releasing it’s 2nd issue brief, The Learning Edge: Supporting Student Success in aCompetency-Based Learning Environment…
When Is It Competency Education? And When Is It Not?
It’s getting popular. Many schools claim to be using competency education. Does offering adaptive software or blended…