Evidence?
I have received three requests over the past week asking for evidence of success from competency education…
Five Things That Changed At My School When We Adopted Competencies
“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”…
Mud Season and Modules
One of the things that Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education brings into focus…
Keeping Pace with K-12 Online and Blended Learning, 11th Edition
Keeping Pace with K–12 Digital Learning is the title of this year’s report. Digital learning is replacing…
Getting Butts Out of Seats and Kids Out of Ruts
Take a minute to see the Colorado Legacy Foundation‘s incredible video. It is a vibey, upbeat, inspiring…
Target Practice
I work in a school moving towards a vision of customized learning. I work closely with our…
Three Big Take-Aways from Maine
Classroom after classroom, school after school, district after district – an incredibly powerful commitment to student-centered proficiency-based…
No One Graduates Before They Are Ready
“I’m not going to tell you. I know what a lexile means, but I’m not going to…
Online Learning Means Extended Learning Time
Today, I made a visit to New Hampshire’s Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (NH VLACS) in Exeter, New Hampshire….
Class Rank in a Competency-Based High School
My school, Sanborn Regional High School in Kingston, NH, made the shift to a competency-based grading and…