Frequently Asked Questions
Pittsfield School District asked me to be interviewed on video. And I was nervous, as I’ve never…
Rethinking the Achievement Gap (Part 1)
This post originally appeared at Next Generation Learning Challenges on March 22, 2016 and the Workshop School…
The Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria
This is the third post of my Mastering Mastery-Based Learning in NYC tour. Start with the first…
8 Ways Blended Districts Can Implement a Competency-Based Structure
This blog post first appeared on CompetencyWorks on June 16, 2016. Districts that have introduced blended learning may share…
Catalyzing Mastery-Based Learning: NYC’s Mastery Collaborative
This is the second post of my Mastering Mastery-Based Learning in NYC tour. Start with the first…
Is it a Project or an Activity? Project-Based Learning and its Cousins
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on June 24, 2016. A project is a multistep activity…
Three Key Components of School-Community Engagement
This post originally appeared at Students at the Center on June 22, 2106. In Pittsfield, New Hampshire,…
NYC Big Takeaways
This is the first post of my Mastering Mastery-Based Learning in NYC tour. I love my job…
Cumberland High School: Starting with Proficiency-Based Grading
I didn’t get a chance to visit Cumberland High School in Rhode Island, but I did have…
6 Ways to Eliminate Attribution Error on the Path to Equity in Competency-Based Systems
This blog post first appeared on CompetencyWorks on June 15, 2016. In order to create an equitable education system,…