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CompetencyWorks Releases Report Updating Definition of Competency-Based Education

November 14, 2019

Eliot Levine, Susan Patrick

Issue(s): State Policy, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

Getting to the Heart of Equity in Education

September 27, 2019

Caroline Hill

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

Keeping Students at the Center with Culturally Relevant Performance Assessments

July 29, 2019

Maya Kaul

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

What the SAT “Adversity Score” Tells Us about the Need for Personalized, Competency-Based Learning in K-12 Education

May 24, 2019

DeQuendre Bertrand, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Education Domain Blog

Reflecting on Opportunities to Advance Equity and Student-Centered Learning in Career and Technical Education

May 21, 2019

Alexis Chambers, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Design for Educational Equity

65 Years On: A Reflection on Brown v. Board and Educational Equity

May 17, 2019

Ashley Jones, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Education Domain Blog

65 Years On: A Reflection on Brown v. Board and Educational Equity

May 17, 2019

Ashley Jones, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Education Domain Blog

Considering Equity in Education During Black History Month

February 27, 2019

Ashley Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Education Domain Blog

The Journey Toward Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

January 21, 2019

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity

Should Instructional Choice Trump School Choice?

January 3, 2017

Julia Freeland

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

New Report Highlights State Policy Opportunities Under the Every Student Succeeds Act for Personalized Learning

October 26, 2016

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Maria Worthen, Susan Gentz

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Design for Educational Equity

Hire for Mindset

September 28, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning

Education Domain Blog

UN Considers Proposal on Goals and Indicators for Educational System Outcomes and Equity

September 14, 2016

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity

Insights from the RTT-D Personalized Learning Summit

July 7, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Department of Education Wants to Talk CBE

June 1, 2015

Dorothy Wax

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity

Can Federal Grants Drive Personalized Learning?

March 3, 2015

Julia Freeland

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity

What Does Competency-Based Education Have to do with Disruption?

May 19, 2014

Julia Freeland

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

Kansas: High quality online learning increases equity in education

April 4, 2014

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice

A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education

February 3, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

Michael Barbour: Distance Education, New Zealand

September 19, 2013

Michael Barbour

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Ensuring Practice Informs Federal Policy

September 3, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

The Tough Question: What is the Federal Role in Competency Education?

May 6, 2013

Lillian Pace

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity

Ensuring the Going is Good

February 26, 2013

Nicholas C. Donohue

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

Learning from the Cutting Edge

March 16, 2012

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

Education Domain Blog

NGLC and the Third Wave of Grant Initiatives

December 12, 2011

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity