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…
Traveling A Longer Road
The authors of Making Mastery Work open a fascinating door into the dynamics of competency education in…
Where Are the Bullets?
Oh the lure of the quick fix. Humans are fascinated with them. Without this attraction, con artists…
Increasing Student Trajectories
Students Receive Rapid, Differentiated Support – that’s the fourth element of the working definition of competency education. …
Mud Season and Modules
One of the things that Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education brings into focus…