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Education Domain Blog

Moving from Seat-Time to Competency-Based Credits in State Policy: Ensuring All Students Develop Mastery

April 12, 2016

Dale Frost

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

Florida and Utah Look to Support Districts through Competency-Based Education Pilots

April 11, 2016

Susan Gentz

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

Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Increasing Engagement

April 8, 2016

Courtney Belolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Classroom Instruction of Skills and Dispositions

April 7, 2016

Jonathan Vander Els, Jill Lizier, and Terry Bolduc

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Competency-Based Education Task Forces: A State Policy Mechanism to Foster Personalized Learning by Creating Dialog, Surfacing Barriers and Providing Solutions

April 4, 2016

Susan Gentz

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

The EdLeader Reading List for the Shift to Competency Education

April 4, 2016

Natalie Slocum

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

March CompetencyWorks Catch-Up

April 1, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Pace? Whose Pace?

April 1, 2016

Courtney Belolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Colorado Commissioner Rich Crandall on Bringing Personalized Learning Mainstream

April 1, 2016

Dale Frost

Issue(s): State Policy

My Journey as a Self-Directed Learner

March 31, 2016

Jonathan Vander Els

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

Education Domain Blog

Innovation Zones: Creating Policy Flexibility for Personalized Learning

March 31, 2016

Susan Gentz

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

Evaluating Your School’s Competency Education Journey and Answering the Question: Are We There Yet?

March 30, 2016

Brian Stack

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

FCC to Consider A Proposal to Support Anytime, Anywhere Learning

March 30, 2016

Susan Gentz

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Increase Access to Broadband

Charleston: Progression of Implementation for Personalized Learning

March 29, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

Florida and Utah Look to Support Districts through Competency-Based Education Pilots

March 29, 2016

Susan Gentz

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

Charleston County School District: Breaking Ground for Personalized Learning in Big Districts

March 28, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

Northern Maine Education Collaborative: High Aspirations

March 28, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Reining in the Checklist Mindset

March 25, 2016

Courtney Belolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

11 Strategic Policy Priorities to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning

March 25, 2016

iNACOL Center for Policy Advocacy

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

What's New in K-12 Competency Education?

March 24, 2016

Natalie Slocum

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

ESSA Represents an Historic Opportunity to Advance Personalized Learning

March 24, 2016

Lillian Pace

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA

Education Domain Blog

Blended Learning as a GPS — Destination: Success

March 24, 2016

iNACOL Staff

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Announcing the Student-Centered Learning Research Collaborative

March 23, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

Competency-Based Education Task Forces: A State Policy Mechanism to Foster Personalized Learning by Creating Dialog, Surfacing Barriers and Providing Solutions

March 23, 2016

Susan Gentz

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

Practicing What We Preach

March 22, 2016

Mary Bellavance

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