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Education Domain Blog

Making Learning Personal: Eliminate Gaps and Ensure Mastery through Proficiency-Based Diplomas

May 6, 2016

Dale Frost

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Increase Opportunity for Student Success through Multiple Pathways to Graduation

April 26, 2016

Dale Frost

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education, State Policy, Redefine Student Success

What is it Going to Mean to Have a Proficiency-Based Diploma?

January 13, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education, State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Education Domain Blog

Course Access: Expanding Horizons for College and Career Readiness

August 11, 2015

Dale Frost, Maria Worthen, Susan Gentz

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Quick Update from RSU2 Maine

October 7, 2014

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

Is Competency-Based Education Feasible Without a Guaranteed Viable Curriculum?

October 1, 2014

Oliver Grenham

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

What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do in K12 and Higher Education

June 20, 2014

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education, State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Iowa Goes BIG: Next-level learning

May 22, 2014

Jim Flansburg

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Iowa Goes BIG: From Reservations to Success

May 22, 2014

Jim Flansburg

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Must Read: From Policy to Practice in New Hampshire

May 9, 2014

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Education Domain Blog

Staying the Course for Student Success

November 21, 2013

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Education Domain Blog

Guest blogger – Joe Cozart reviews Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed

October 7, 2013

Dr. Joe Cozart

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Competency-Based Education and Blended Learning: Worlds Apart or Just Two Sides of the Personalization Coin?

October 1, 2013

Julia Freeland

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Lingering Questions #3: Habits of Mind (Non-Academic Factors)

August 2, 2013

Andrew Valent

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Lingering Questions #1: Pacing and Supports

July 17, 2013

Andrew Valent

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Do You Feel It? Iowans Are Gathering Around CBE

June 24, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Streams of Innovation -- Update on Federal and State Policy

June 21, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Education Philosophy Becomes Practice

April 29, 2013

Gary Chapin

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Education Domain Blog

21st Century Students Require More Than Updated 19th Century Schools

February 13, 2013

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Momentum for Competency Education in Iowa

January 15, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Develop Educator Capacity

What Happens Once a Student Reaches Proficiency?

January 2, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

Blended Learning Philanthropy

December 4, 2012

Susan Patrick

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

Must Watch: Maine DOE Videos on Customized Learning

July 11, 2012

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Are Colleges Dictating How We Record Student Learning?

May 30, 2012

Josh Griffith

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

A Rubric for Competency Education

May 23, 2012

Paul Leather

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