What’s College Like for Students from Mastery-Based High Schools?
This is the fourth post in a series about the Mastery Collaborative in New York City. This…
Becoming an Effective Educator of English Learners: Job-Embedded, Competency-Based Professional Development for All Teachers
Ask any public-school teacher across the country about their greatest challenge. They are likely to tell you…
The MTC Network: Reinventing How Students Prepare for College, Career, and Life
How do we prepare students for future careers we can’t even begin to imagine? This is a…
What’s Happening with Competency-Based Transcripts and Rethinking College Admissions in the United States
This post originally appeared at iNACOL on June 11, 2018. What are competency-based transcripts, and why are…
Debunking a Myth – Competency-Based Transcripts Don’t Disadvantage High School Graduates in the Admissions Process
A transition to a competency-based education system brings with it many small and large changes. In order…
Competency-Based Education Gains Momentum
This post first appeared in the EDUCAUSE Transforming Higher Ed blog on Febuary 6, 2017. We’re examining…
How Competency-Based Education Can Transform K-12 and Connect with Higher Education
The growing interest in competency-based education was clearly on display at this year’s INACOL Symposium, and we…
Organizing Around Competencies, Not Courses
Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC) a member of the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN), released HigherEd.org this week….
‘Student Agency’ Is Not Something You Give or Take
This post originally appeared at EdSurge on October 16, 2015. I feel strange saying that I, a…
Alternative Credential Adoption in Higher Ed
This post originally appeared at Next Generation Learning Challenges on August 21, 2015. Nanodegrees. Microcredentials. Digital badging….