Oregon Gets an A+ for its New Grading Policy
Diane Smith from Oregon’s Business Education Compact forwarded to me the Student Achievement, Grading and Reporting policy…
Competency Education in the News
Michael Horn in a post “Could Competency-Based Learning Save the Common Core?” on Forbes website challenges us…
Carnegie Rethinking the Unit
Wow. Carnegie Foundation is taking a look at the Carnegie Unit? Yep, it’s true. The Carnegie Foundation…
Blended Learning Philanthropy
What’s been on my mind: new learning models, role of philanthropy, practice and policy (including new accountability)……
Making Mastery Work
(First of all, thanks to the great work being done by Achieve’s Competency-based Pathways Working Group– of…
Kentucky Summit on Competency Education
Earlier this week, people across the state of Kentucky convened for a Summit on Competency Education sponsored…
When the Math Doesn’t Work
Last week there was a great piece Why Students Who Underperform Drop Out on the PBS Newshour. …
Public Reflection as Professional Development
One of the most dynamic public discourse underway in competency education right now is the research and…
Cracking the Credit Hour
Cracking the Credit Hour from the New American Foundation is a fascinating read. It outlines exactly why…
Educator Pay in a Competency-Based System
How do we pay facilitators (teachers) in a Competency Based System? This is a question that naturally…