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Expanding our Equity Toolkits: Strengthening the Connections between CBE and Equity

August 17, 2023

Khamiah Alderman

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity

Learning in a Supportive Community at Clark Street Community School

August 10, 2023

Briana Medina

Issue(s): Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Equitable Grading at Sunnyside

June 27, 2023

Laurie Gagnon, Gary Chapin

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field

What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

April 17, 2023

Laurie Gagnon, Alyssa Weaver, Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning, Learn Lessons from the Field

Implementation with Integrity

April 11, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Engage Community

Equitable Grading Anchors NYC’s New Grading Policy Toolkit

March 30, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field

Culture is the Foundation: Building Relationships and Community at ACE

February 16, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency

CBE Starter Pack 6: Equity Strategies Drive Culture, Structures, and Pedagogy

January 31, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Fake-quity: A Powerful Learning Moment from the 2022 Symposium

December 15, 2022

Laurie Gagnon, Maisha Maliha

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community

Personalized, Competency-Based Learning Can and Should Replace Tracking – Here’s Why

November 23, 2022

Eric Toshalis and Virgel Hammonds

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Old Habits Die Hard: How to Build New Moves and Habits to Sustain Change

October 20, 2022

Andrea Stewart

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning

Sabotage! How Our Implicit Biases and Mental Models Keep Us From “Walking the Talk”

October 13, 2022

Wendy Surr

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning

Caution: Change Ahead! How Harnessing Emotions and Motivations Can Help Drive Change for Equitable, Learner-Centered Education

October 6, 2022

Kim Carter

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning

Professional Learning Exercises for Teachers Making the Shift to Equitable, Learner-Centered Education

October 6, 2022

Wendy Surr, Kim Carter, and Andrea Stewart

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning

CBE in Practice: Grading

September 19, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Commit to Equity

Hello From the New CompetencyWorks Program Director

June 16, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

The Primary Person Model and Transformative Learning Experiences at Opportunity Academy

May 26, 2022

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Whose Standards Are We Privileging? Collaboration and Consultation with Indigenous Leaders

February 25, 2022

Jerad Koepp and Michael Smith

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community

A Primer to Indigenous Education: A Case for Tribal Competency Crediting

February 22, 2022

Jerad Koepp and Michael Smith

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community

Top 10 CompetencyWorks Blog Posts of 2021

December 16, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Commit to Equity, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

December 2, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Why Should Schools Transition to Competency-Based Education?

October 14, 2021

Sandra Moumoutjis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction

Competency-Based Education Sessions at the 2021 Aurora Institute Symposium

September 15, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

How to Make Senior Capstones Truly Anti-Racist: Alternative Assessments Are Not Inherently Equitable Without Concerted Effort

July 21, 2021

Lisa Martinez

Issue(s): Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

Catalyzing Curriculum Redesign and Developing a Multicultural, Antiracist K-12 Content Map

July 1, 2021

Sydney Schaef

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction