CBE Student Information Systems, What Do We Want Them To Do?
If you could build a student information system for a Competency Based Learning System what would it…
What Kids Tell Us About Why Competency Matters
Ask a student about how they learn. You will get many different responses as every child is different. …
Assessment at the Center
Student-centered instruction must be built around the feedback and assessments that are given to students while they…
Help or Hinder: The Impact of CBE for Students with Special Needs
As I continue to think about competency-based education and the structural changes that go along with fully…
The Art and Science of Designing Competencies
The Art and Sciences of Designing Competencies paper discusses how innovators in competency education develop competencies. Often…
European Union’s VISCED Colloquium for Virtual Schools
Along with colleagues Matt Wicks and Rob Darrow, I had the pleasure of presenting at (and participating in)…
Weekend Reading List
Five Things I’ve Learned… The Pearson Foundation has launched “Five Things I’ve Learned”, a collection of personal…
Is the Creation of Competencies Unnecessary Work?
What is a competency? Many people say competencies are what students are to know and be able…
Spaulding High: Creating a Comprehensive System of Supports
CCSSO’s Innovation Lab Network includes a Comprehensive System of Supports as one of the six attributes of…
Weekend Reading List
School’s out for summer, but the learning doesn’t have to stop… Reflection, rethinking and redefinition. Following are five…