Working in a Competency Education School: Hiring Tips for Potential Teacher Candidates
Welcome to May, the month when most school administrators begin the process of filling open positions in…
Building a Bridge Between Blended Learning and Competency Education
A big light went on during a conversation with Anthony Kim of Education Elements: WHAT IF… The…
How a District Ended Student Dropouts with Personalized Learning
This post originally published on EdSurge. Author Roger Cook is the Superintendent of the Taylor County School…
10 Principles of Proficiency-Based Learning
Great Schools Partnership continues to produce great resources to support states and districts converting to competency education….
The Paradox of Right the First Time: Transform Assessment Practices to Reflect Growth
Those of us experimenting with how we accurately measure student skills and abilities hit a wonderful fork…
District Transformation in Danville
I’m itching to go to Danville, Kentucky after listening to Superintendent Carmen Coleman on the webinar How…
Light at the End of the Tunnel
After finishing a round of site visits in New Hampshire and Colorado I had come to the…
A Tide of Understanding
Lately, I have been pondering how to help educators better visualize a progression of learning targets while…
New research on affective and motivational factors of learning in online mathematics courses
The role of motivation in student success in online courses is clear. Highly motivated students perform better…
Chewing on Learning Progressions: Some Food For Thought
One of the big pushes in our district (and many others throughout Maine) is customized learning: students…