Activate Student Agency and Ownership in Competency-Based Education
This post first appeared on CompetencyWorks on November 26, 2018. What is student agency? The standard reply…
What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?
Research The 74 reviews two recent studies on personalized learning and explains the challenges in researching the…
Illustrating Proficiency Grading Levels: 1234 Versus ABCDF
This post originally appeared at KnowledgeWorks on April 30, 2019. When you walk into the Early Childhood Center…
Nurture a Culture of Learning and Inclusivity in Competency-Based Education
This post first appeared on CompetencyWorks on November 2, 2018. We made a mistake in the first…
Habits of Mind and Learning New Ways of Learning at Journey Elementary
This is the final post in a series about the Harrisburg School District in South Dakota. Links…
iNACOL Releases Updates to the Snapshot of K-12 Competency Education State Policy Across the United States
Today, iNACOL released the updated CompetencyWorks map for 2019, a snapshot of K-12 competency education state policy…
Littles, Middles, Molders, and Olders – Multi-age Learning at Journey Elementary
This is the second post in a series about the Harrisburg School District in South Dakota. Links…
Quality Principles for Competency-Based Education
This blog was originally posted on CompetencyWorks on October 11, 2018. iNACOL and CompetencyWorks released the book Quality…
Improving School Equity Through A Student-Led PD Activity and an Equity Summit at Casco Bay
This post originally appeared as “Letter from the Principal Derek Pierce” in the January 2019 newsletter of…
An Introduction to K-12 Competency-Based Education
Competency-based education, also referred to as mastery-based, proficiency-based or performance-based education, is a system of education designed…