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Recognizing the Critical Importance of Metacognition

May 29, 2020

Jonathan Vander Els, Ellen Hume-Howard, Paul Leather

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Develop Educator Capacity, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency

New Hampshire’s Work Study Practices – A Five-Year Journey to Understand, Share, Scale, Deepen, and Meaningfully Assess These Critical Competencies

May 26, 2020

Jonathan Vander Els, Ellen Hume-Howard, Paul Leather

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

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

May 5, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Building Coherent High School Grading and Reporting Systems in Competency-Based Education, Part 3

March 19, 2020

Rose Colby

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Building Coherent Grading and Reporting Systems in Competency-Based Education, Part 2

March 16, 2020

Rose Colby

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Building Coherent Grading and Reporting Systems in Competency-Based Education, Part 1

March 11, 2020

Rose Colby

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

The Evolution of Competency-Based Transformation in Northern Cass

January 8, 2020

Eliot Levine

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

Building 21’s Open Competencies, Rubrics, and Professional Development Activities

December 23, 2019

Thomas Gaffey

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

The Competency Train Pulls Into Kankakee: Common Start-up Challenges and Strategies

December 17, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

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

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

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

Bruce Friend Inaugurates iNACOL's New Podcast Series with a Discussion of the iNACOL Symposium

September 9, 2019

DeQuendre Bertrand

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation

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

Flexible Scheduling, Supports, and Monitoring at Pioneer Ridge Middle School

August 15, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Webinar: An Introduction to K-12 Competency-Based Education

May 2, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

Education Domain Blog

The Chugach School District Journey: From Traditional to Transformational Education

April 3, 2019

Debbie Treece

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

Competency-Based Education in Rural Schools

March 29, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

Starting the Competency-Based Education Journey…Again

November 13, 2018

Ann Hadwen

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

Mapping out the Terrain of Competency-Based Education Implementation

November 6, 2018

Carla M. Evans and Todd A. DeMitchell

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

What is Competency-Based Education?

May 30, 2018

Chris Sturgis

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

Starting the Journey to CBE at Otken Elementary School

April 16, 2018

Chris Sturgis

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

Starting with the Kindergarteners in McComb

April 9, 2018

Chris Sturgis

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

What Will Students Experience in a Competency-Based School?

March 27, 2018

Chris Sturgis

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

Piloting Change in McComb

March 26, 2018

Chris Sturgis

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