Momentum for Competency Education in Iowa
Iowa’s Competency-based Instruction Task Force has released its preliminary report. State leadership in Iowa has been calling…
What Happens Once a Student Reaches Proficiency?
During my travels in Maine last fall to three districts in the Maine Cohort for Customized Learning…
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…