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…
It Starts with Pedagogy: How Lindsay Unified is Integrating Blended Learning
This is the fifth post in a series on Lindsay Unified High School. See the first, second, third, and fourth…
Rwanda’s Ahead of the Online CBE Learning Curve
Although practitioners may squabble over the definition of competency-based education (CBE), there is a fundamental core of…
3 Ways Parents Can Spot Student-Centered Learning
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on February 26, 2015. Recently I had the opportunity to…
An Interview with Brett Grimm: How Lindsay Unified Serves ELL Students
This is the fourth post in a series on Lindsay Unified High School. See the first, second, third,…
An Interview with Principal Jaime Robles, Lindsay High School
This is the third post in a series on Lindsay Unified High School. See the first, second, fourth,…