Learner Agency: The Missing Link
This post originally appeared at The Institute for Personalized Learning on September 14, 2015. Defining Learner Agency…
Five Ways Learner Profiles Can Promote Competency-Based Education
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on October 16, 2015. Imagine a parent and student have…
Engagement Templates: 6 Ways to Structure Learning Experiences
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on September 11, 2015. How to engage learners? It’s a…
Why Making Meaning Matters for Student Ownership
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on September 12, 2015. This weekend I decided to make…
8 Ways To Encourage Soft Skills (Core Dispositions) in our Children
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on August 29, 2015. In this post on soft skills…
What’s More Important, High Test Scores or Self-Direction?
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on August 17, 2015. The education technology discussion is fraught…
Non-Cognitive Skills: Bad Name, Really Important
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on August 15, 2015. The research is clear, so called…
Integrating Career Technical Education with Competency-Based Education
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on August 5, 2015. “One system that has often been…
Competency-Based Education Approaches in K-12 Schools, Part One
This post originally appeared at Next Generation Learning Challenges on May 26, 2015. Competency-based education (CBE) isn’t…
Communicating With Parents on the Transition to Competency Education
I am the Principal at Sanborn Regional High School in Kingston, NH. Our district has used a…