Three Factors for Success: Agency, Integrated Identity, and Competencies
There is growing interest – and I would also argue growing confusion – about all the skills and dispositions…
Keeping the Why
Recently, I found myself at a conference sponsored by the Maine Curriculum Leaders’ Association. The purpose: to…
iNACOL Releases New Report on Promising Practices in Blended Learning from 2008-2015
By Verena Roberts Today, iNACOL released a new publication, Blending Learning: The Evolution of Online and Face-to-Face…
What’s New in Competency-Based Higher Education?
Competency-Based Higher Education Initiatives The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is opening a competency-based Middle School to…
Summer Reading for Newbies: What is Competency Education?
When Susan Patrick and I started working together in 2009, there were two things written about competency…
More Schools Going Mastery
The Mastery Collaborative, a program based in New York City’s Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Readiness,…
Blending Learning: The Evolution of Online and Face-to-Face Education from 2008–2015
This report explores the development of blended learning from 2008-2015, the evolution of definitions across blended learning…
Summer Reading: What Does Competency Education Look Like?
Here is a list of examples of what competency education looks like in different districts and individual…
Summer Reading: Building a System
I received a number of emails asking for a recommend reading list for competency education for summer…
Schools for the Future: Record-Setting Results
Students at Schools for the Future in Detroit gained an average of 2.5 years across all four…