Re-Learning and Reassessment
While that last planning year was filled with excitement and adventure, we hadn’t anticipated the journey that…
Using Competencies as a Blue Print to Personalize Learning
The following was written by Brian M. Stack, Principal; Michael Turmelle, Assistant Principal / Curriculum; Ann Hadwen,…
21st Century Learning, At All Levels
Last Friday, Mark Edmundson, an English professor at The University of Virginia, wrote a scathing critique of online…
Where Do End-of-Course Exams Fit In?
Anyone deep in competency education is probably getting a lot of calls from around the country asking…
A Key Support For Students: Supporting Adult Learning for the Sake of Learning
There is a fairly settled body of research that links the quality of the teacher to the…
Responding to Each Student’s Needs and Interests
What would an education system look like that responded to each student’s needs and interests – and…
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…