Using Technology-Enhanced Items Effectively to Close Student Achievement Gaps
This post was originally published at Getting Smart on January 17, 2015. Don’t you think it’s time…
Pushing the Envelope with Student Centered Learning at VLACS
There are a handful of schools pushing past the concept of organizing learning based on credits to…
Breaking Ranks Showcase Schools: Nashua High School North and South
This spotlight originally appeared in the CSSR Newsletter. While they may be rivals on the athletic fields, the learning…
Welcome to iNACOL’s New Website! Let Us Show You Around
iNACOL launched this new website to create deeper and more accessible content, to better support our mission,…
Is Personalized Learning the Gateway for ALL K-12 Students to Attain Agency & Achievement?
This post originally appeared at Next Generation Learning Challenges on February 17, 2015. My recent tour of several…
It’s Definitely Warming Up in New England
There is still snow on the ground, but people were on fire at the New England Secondary…
What’s New in Competency-Based Higher Education?
Pushing the Field CNN’s Amy Laitinen discusses the problems that arise when structuring education around seat time,…
NGLC Schools Take On Competency-Based Learning
This post originally appeared at Next Generation Learning Challenges on March 20, 2015. Over the winter, I…
How Do You Measure Competency? Curriculum Can Help Guide the Way
Competency-based education is not about reformation – it is about transformation. Old processes and models of teaching…
Keeping the Focus on Learning in a Tech-Rich Classroom
Quite often, the focus of technology use from a student’s vantage point in a proficiency-based system is…