Meeting Students on Their Own Cultural Turf
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on April 7, 2018. As teachers, we are hardwired to…
What is Competency-Based Education?
The 2018 CompetencyWorks webinar series includes: Levers and Logic Models: A framework to Guide Research and Design…
Education Reimagined: Creating a Learner-Centered Movement
Paradigms are hard to change because they are invisible. In fact, they are more than invisible. They…
Rethinking the High School Credential
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on May 4, 2018. Most American youth don’t get what they…
Competency Frameworks
At one point in my journey of understanding about competency-based education, I questioned whether we really needed…
Key Findings: Science of Learning and Development
Although the high level findings of the science of learning often seem like common sense, the interplay…
Strategies for Teachers to Drive Student Agency through Inquiry-Based, Authentic Learning
Research on motivation and engagement has established that creating opportunities for students to shape their educational experiences…
Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Yes They Can
This post originally appeared at the Learner Centered Practices Blog on April 30, 2018. Belolan is the instructional…
How One New Hampshire District is Leveraging Success Skills in a Competency-Based System
By Jonathan G. Vander Els, Director of Innovative Projects for the New Hampshire Learning Initiative and Sarah…
The Code of Culture: Establishing Purpose in Competency-Based Schools (Part 3)
This is the third and final article in an exploration of how to create a culture of…