Changing To a Competency-Based Grading System: A Student View
My New Hampshire high school made the shift to a competency-based grading and reporting system two years…
A Learning Progression To Support Teachers
All twelve of us sit around the table in our workroom, pouring through the Customized Classroom Facilitator…
ELO and CBE: A Match Made in Heaven
Once upon a time, I was involved in the school-to-work effort and one of the constant, churning…
Lens 2: Action Planning
In earlier posts, I attempted to describe an overall framework of leadership I believe is needed if…
Validating Competence with Wild Pigs in the Woods…
With the school year coming to an end, I have begun the yearly practice of reflecting upon…
Design Thinking
I think about design a lot. I can’t help it when two siblings are designers (transportation and…
Performing To Our Potential
This week, I had the pleasure of meeting with the folks at the Boston Day and Evening…
Lindsay Unified — Design Elements
We often think of innovation as an urban phenomena, a natural outgrowth of concentration of an industry,…
Learn More About Competency Education
Here is another opportunity to learn more about competency education. The American Youth Policy Forum (a CompetencyWorks…
Ingenium Schools: A Big City Competency-Based School
Is competency education a reform better suited for rural and outer ring suburbs than urban districts? That’s…