Global Highlights: A Scan of High-Performing Countries Using Elements of Competency-Based Education
Policymakers and educators in the U.S. can learn important lessons from high-performing education systems around the world….
Teaching: The Most Intellectual Job in the World
Recently I received the question below. It starts with a concern about choice and agency and then…
From Formative Assessment to Tracking Student Mastery: The Road to Competency-Based Instruction
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on July 16, 2015. Once upon a time, classrooms were…
A Reflection on the Field of Competency Education
Each summer, CompetencyWorks takes a bit of time to reflect on where we have come from, accomplishments,…
Finland Offers Lessons for Building Student, Teacher Agency
This post originally appeared at the Christensen Institute on August 13, 2015. Rhonda Broussard is the founder and president…
Making Blended and Online Education Accessible to All Learners
Blended and online learning hold great potential to better meet the needs of students with disabilities with…
What I Am Learning from Anthony Kim
Sometimes I’m a little slow. I loved the ideas that Anthony Kim, CEO of Education Elements, put…
What’s New in Competency-Based Higher Ed?
Changing the Transcript The college transcript has come under scrutiny, as it is inadequate in portraying what…
Support for Teachers in a Competency Education School
As a high school principal who has worked for the past six years through a transition from…
What’s New in K-12 Competency Education?
News Bill Zima, principal at Mt. Arafat Middle School in Maine and a CompetencyWorks contributor, has been…