Learners at the Center: Competency-Based Education at CICS West Belden
This is the third post in a series about CICS West Belden. In post 1, we introduced…
CICS West Belden: For the Community
This is the second post in a series of three posts about CICS West Belden. In post…
Welcome to West Belden
It’s an unexpectedly warm and sunny day in late January. Inside the halls of the Chicago International…
Finding a Way Forward Together: Community Schools and CBE
There are many models of transformative learning that can set communities on a path towards systems transformation….
Competency-Based Education Across America
This post compiles links to more than 200 CompetencyWorks blog posts from our site visits and interviews…
Chicago Students Build Key Adaptive Competencies while Exploring the Boundaries of AI and Creativity
This summer, eighteen Chicago Public School (CPS) students and alumni served as summer interns for a partnership…
Healing and Building Community in the Classroom: Restorative Justice in Competency-Based Education
This is the second blog post in a series on racial equity and CBE and will discuss…
Showcase, Share, Inspire: Performance-Based Assessment and Competency-Based Learning in Chicago Public Schools
This year, Dr. Ginger Reynolds from EdSystems, a division of Northern Illinois University, and Sonjanita Moore from…
Empowering Community Progress: Integrating Open Principles in Education
Education plays a pivotal role in driving community progress, development, and local democracy. In our upcoming book,…
From Memorizing for Tests to Learning for Life
We are delighted to publish our first student-authored blog post on CompetencyWorks! Transitioning to a CBE School...