Going BIG in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids is only twenty minutes down the road from Iowa City, a center of the educational…
Education Re-Imagined
Convergence, a national organization tackling big social issues, released a fantastic report titled Education Re-Imagined today. The report “seeks…
Connecting to Powerful Innovators: iNACOL Symposium 2015
This was originally posted on Getting Smart on September 28, 2015. By Catherine Wedgwood To many people,…
Innovation Springing Up in Springdale
When you talk to Dr. Megan Witonski, Associate Superintendent in Springdale School District (AR), it feels like…
Going Deeper with New Resources
It’s helpful to read all the papers that get released on competency education and other related efforts…but…
What I Learned From My Daughter’s First “C”
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on September 15, 2015. It’s no secret that I’m an…
A Conversation with Buddy Berry in Eminence Kentucky
I had a chance to visit Kentucky last month when I participated in a meeting of the…
Meet Five New Opportunity by Design High Schools
We’re thrilled to support five new, mastery-based Opportunity by Design high schools opening their doors to students…
It’s Time for Mid-Course Corrections in K-12 Competency-Based Education
Our reflection on how the field of competency-based education is developing has resulted in a number of…
It’s Time to Vote…So Someone Can Win $100,000 from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Students at the Center is hosting the Lawrence W. O’Toole Award, “given out each year to an…