What’s New in K-12 Competency Education?
From the States North Carolina: North Carolina New Schools is making the case for competency-based learning in…
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Competency-Based Education and Student Learning Objectives
This paper is also available in PDF form here. Introduction We are in the midst of two…
Chugach School District: Performance-Based Education in a One-Room School House
This is the fifth post in the Chugach School District series. Read the first, second, third, and fourth posts here. How does…
What’s New in Competency Education in Higher Education?
Federal Activity: The Obama administration is currently beginning to grant waivers to allow students to receive federal student…
Negotiating Release
My husband and I have two dogs. Ollie is a springer spaniel; Tobey is a rather unfortunate…
Overcoming Faculty Resistance to CBE
The prospect of transitioning a traditional educational program to a competency based model brings with it many…
On Perseverance in the Classroom
This post originally appeared at Students at the Center: Teaching and Learning in the Era of the…
Ownership, Not Buy-In: An Interview with Bob Crumley, Superintendent Chugach School District
This is the fourth post in the Chugach School District series. Read the first, second, and third posts here. In October, I…
ACHIEVE’s Communication Tool Kit – Must Use!
I had a chance to see ACHIEVE’s Communication Tool Kit during a webinar on communication strategies for…
In Search of the Goldilocks Scale
We have learned a lot over the past five years as our district has implemented a competency-based…