What’s New in K-12 Competency Education?
Jobs for the Future recently announced 9 new Students at the Center Distinguished Fellows. These are leaders…
June CompetencyWorks Catch-Up
Here are the highlights from June 2016 on CompetencyWorks. Happy reading. And let us know if you have…
Looking Under the Hood
Yesterday, AIR released Looking Under the Hood of Competency-Based Education: The Relationship Between Competency-Based Education Practices and…
The Tip of the Iceberg
As our school has made the transition to a competency-based system, many educators I have spoken to…
How Misconceptions About Competency Education Could Undermine Equity
This blog post first appeared on CompetencyWorks on June 13, 2016. For several years, the fields of…
What Does it REALLY Mean to Do Standards-Based Grading? (Part 2)
Read Part 1 of what it means to do standards-based grading here. This post was updated November…
What Does it REALLY Mean to Do Standards-Based Grading? (Part 1)
Updated November 1, 2017 I read a lot of clips about how districts are advancing competency education…
How Can You Truly Meet Students Where They Are?
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on May 16, 2016. Competency-based education is a system of instruction…
A District Goes Digital with Online Professional Learning
This blog post originally here on May 19, 2016. Professional development is the means for improving one’s…
Culture and Climate
/kəlCHər/ : the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time : a…