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Let the Lifting Begin

September 11, 2014

Bill Zima

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

No Laughing Matter: Productive Assessment and the Value of Taking a Pulse

September 10, 2014

Justin Ballou

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Hey, Princeton: Consider Competencies

September 10, 2014

Michelle Weise

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

This Week: Webinars on Technology and Time

September 9, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

When Teachers are Experts

September 8, 2014

Jonathan Vander Els

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

What's New in Competency Education (September 5)

September 5, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

What's New in Higher Education (July/August)

September 5, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Three Insights on “Self-Directed Learning”—and How to Aim for Equity

September 4, 2014

Julia Freeland

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

The Danger of Assumptions in Innovations: A Primer on Progress

September 3, 2014

Justin Ballou

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

A Personalized Learning Approach to Professional Development at Education Achievement Authority

September 2, 2014

Kristen Vogt

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

Add to the School Supply List: Mindsets Emphasizing Effort, Attitude, and Respect

September 1, 2014

Mary Ryerse

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Shifting to Mastery-Based Approaches in New York City Public Schools

August 27, 2014

Jeremy Kraushar

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

What's New in Competency Education in K12 and Higher Education

August 26, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Performance Assessment for Competency Education

August 25, 2014

Paul Leather

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Reflections on Ferguson: Why We Need to Increase Racial Diversity in the Field of Competency Education

August 22, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Turning Mistakes Into Learning: The Power of High Reliability Schools

August 20, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Just Start

August 19, 2014

Bill Zima

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

EAA Pioneers Flexible Blended Learning Spaces

August 18, 2014

Tom Vander Ark

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field

Why is Competency-Based Education So Hard to Study?

August 15, 2014

Julia Freeland

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

Adding "Modularization" to the Higher Education Vernacular

August 15, 2014

Michelle Weise

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

Such Wonderful New Resources

August 13, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Get Your Calendars Out

August 13, 2014

Chris Sturgis

7 Ways State Policy Can Promote Competence

August 12, 2014

Tom Vander Ark

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

Rights-Sizing Higher Education

August 11, 2014

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

What's New

August 7, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

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