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Education Domain Blog

A Call to Action for Higher Education to Modernize Teaching

December 12, 2019

Katherine Casey

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA, State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

The State of the Field, 2019

December 6, 2019

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

But What About The Test?

November 25, 2019

Christy Kingham

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Building a District Innovation Ecosystem Accelerates School Transformation

November 19, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

New Innovation Spotlight Episode – Education Policy and the Learning Sciences with Natalie Truong

October 23, 2019

DeQuendre Bertrand

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Five State Policy Recommendations for Governors: Supporting Innovation in Education for the Future Workforce

October 18, 2019

Susan Patrick, Alexis Chambers, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Seven States With Enabling Policies to Support Innovations in K-12 Education to Offer More Personalized Approaches and Competency-Based Systems

October 16, 2019

Alexis Chambers, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Support Professional Learning

Education Domain Blog

Getting to the Heart of Equity in Education - Pt. 2

October 16, 2019

Kara Bobroff

Issue(s): State Policy, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Engage Community

Conditions for Innovation: The 5 C's

September 24, 2019

Transcend Education

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

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

September 17, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Structuring Schools to Enable Deep, Student-Centered Learning in Real-World Settings

September 9, 2019

Sonn Sam

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Introducing the Keynote Speakers for the 2019 iNACOL Symposium

August 21, 2019

iNACOL Staff

Issue(s): How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Evaluate Quality, Learn Lessons from the Field, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

What the Learning Sciences Are Teaching Us About Learning - Pt. 2

August 16, 2019

Pamela Cantor

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

2019 State Legislative Highlights

July 8, 2019

Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

iNACOL Releases Updates to the Snapshot of K-12 Competency Education State Policy Across the United States

June 27, 2019

Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Releases Updates to the Snapshot of K-12 Competency Education State Policy Across the United States

May 30, 2019

Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice

You're Invited: Capital Hill Forum on Competency-Based Education

March 19, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL and CompetencyWorks at SXSW EDU

March 5, 2019

iNACOL Staff

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Testifies in Minnesota to Support Competency-Based Education

February 28, 2019

Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Creating Long-Term Strategy for State Policymakers to Support a Fully Developed, Competency-Based Education System

October 30, 2018

Susan Patrick, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

How Can States Transition to Student-Centered Learning?

October 22, 2018

Karla Esparza-Phillips

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Policies that Support Building Capacity to Lead Change to Advance Personalized, Competency-Based Education

October 19, 2018

Susan Patrick, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Publishes Executive Summary on Groundbreaking iNACOL Report Regarding State Policies For Long-Term Transformational Change in K-12 Education

September 12, 2018

Dale Frost

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

The Sharp Ones: A Few Takeaways from Idaho

September 5, 2018

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Opportunities for Competency Education in the Reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Act

September 4, 2018

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education