Moving from Compliance to Agency: Maine Modifies its Proficiency-Based Policy
The growing concerns about proficiency-based learning has led to the Maine state legislature repealing the proficiency-based diploma…
What’s New
Math, writing, and executive function! Learn about the search for new breakthroughs in The Gates Foundation and Chan…
What’s New: What’s Happening in State Policy
This article reviews some of the new state policy resources and highlights the types of discussion and…
Creating a Peer Coaching Program to Grow Student-Centered Learning (Part 2)
This post originally appeared at Students at the Center on January 2, 2018. Read Part 1 here. In part…
Creating a Peer Coaching Program to Grow Student-Centered Learning (Part 1)
This post originally appeared at Students at the Center on December 15, 2017. In southern Maine, the…
Red Flag: When Habits of Work and Learning Become Extrinsic Motivation
If I had only two choices between a thumbs-up and thumbs-down, I don’t know which I would…
The Four Biggest Challenges to Implementing Maine’s Proficiency-Based Diploma
This post originally appeared at EdSurge on May 30, 2017. Maine has long been an innovator in…
Maine: Making the Most of High-Leverage Strategies
This is the thirteenth post in the series Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education…
Proficiency is for Hope
I recently found myself discussing the latest round of State test scores with a group of Maine…
On Scaling Competency Education: Equity, Quality, and Sustainability
This is the tenth post in the series Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education…