The Every Student Succeeds Act: A Catalyst for Competency Education at Scale?
This essay by Susan Patrick and Maria Worthen was featured in the report Reaching the Tipping Point:…
Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education in New England
This article begins the series Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education in New England….
Reaching the Tipping Point in New England
There is so much activity in New England regarding competency education (or proficiency-based or mastery-based) that we…
Building Capacity to Serve Off-Track Students with the Barr Foundation
This post has been updated with corrections. Our country has been talking about ways to improve secondary…
Can Melrose Go Deeper with Competency-Based Education?
Massachusetts is often recognized as a leader in education – although that is not so in the…
Empowering Youth to Chart their Course to Readiness
This post originally appeared at SparkAction, The Forum for Youth Investment, on February 12, 2015. A post…
Where to Meet Up with Competency Educators
For those of you ready to network with your colleagues, there are a few meetings that include…
Why Kids are Hiring Competency-Based Education
Originally published July 16, 2014 by The Christensen Institute. This week I had the privilege of sitting in…
What’s Homework Got to Do with It?
At Boston Day and Evening Academy (BDEA), a student-centered, competency-based high school, we host as many as…
The Envelope Please…And the Winners Are…
The Next Generation Learning Challenge announced the Wave IV Cycle 1 winners this week. (Disclaimer: I’m one…