Will Maine Stay the Course?
Ayyy! Maine legislature has a bill to reduce the expectations of high school graduation from meeting all…
3 Smart State Approaches to Competency-Based Education
This post originally appeared on the Foundation for Excellence in Education’s Ed Fly Blog on December 30,…
New Blog Series: Promising Policies for Personalized Learning
iNACOL is launching a new blog series to provide analysis on supportive policies and approaches to enable…
Advancing Personalized Learning with Purpose
This post originally appeared at the Christensen Institute on November 19, 2015. At last week’s iNACOL Symposium,…
What is it Going to Mean to Have a Proficiency-Based Diploma?
What is a high school diploma and what does it mean? It certainly isn’t something written in…
Georgia’s Education Reform Commission Recommends Moving to Competency Education
At the end of the 2015, the Georgia Education Reform Commission released its recommendations for Governor Deal….
Make Personalized Learning a Priority in Federal and State Grants
Federal policy can play an important role in enabling and scaling up successful new learning models. By…
From “Shock and Awe” to Systemic Enabling: All Eyes on New Hampshire
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on December 11, 2015. The successful, bipartisan (what?) effort to…
2015 Education Highlights in Policy and Practice
2015 has been an exciting year for competency-based, blended, and online learning. We’ve witnessed breakthrough policies signed…
Modernizing Educator and Leader Development for a Next Generation Workforce
A highly trained and engaged educator workforce will be the single most important driver of a successful…