How Do We Know Where Students Are?
This is the thirteenth blog in a series leading up to the National Summit on K-12 Competency-Based…
What Does It Mean to Meet Students Where They Are?
This is the twelfth blog in a series leading up to the National Summit on K-12 Competency-Based…
Pacing in Competency-Based Learning
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on November 23, 2016. In a recent school design workshop,…
“This Isn’t What I Learned In School”: Teachers Share Learnings from New, Competency-Based High Schools
At iNACOL’s Blended and Online Learning Symposium this fall, Springpoint—a national organization that supports new and innovative…
How Can We “Do School Differently”? Lessons from Springpoint’s StorySLAM at iNACOL
At iNACOL’s Blended and Online Learning Symposium this fall, Springpoint hosted a StorySLAM—a session where principals, teachers,…
Separating the Facts from the Myths in the Competency-Based High School Transcript
Districts are creating a variety of grading practices and transcripts that are being described as standards-based and…
The Tip of the Iceberg
As our school has made the transition to a competency-based system, many educators I have spoken to…
How Can You Truly Meet Students Where They Are?
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on May 16, 2016. Competency-based education is a system of instruction…
Moving from Seat-Time to Competency-Based Credits in State Policy: Ensuring All Students Develop Mastery
This post originally appeared at iNACOL on April 12, 2016. School leaders find once they begin to…
Two Teachers’ Perspectives on CBE
Competency-Based Learning I had found much success in the traditional learning model and had become weary of…