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Drawing on lessons learned by innovators and early adopters, this blog shares original research, knowledge, and a variety of perspectives from across the field of K-12 competency-based education.

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Casco Bay High School: The What and HOW of Learning

November 23, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

Casco Bay High School: Learning as Exploration

November 18, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Casco Bay High School: Tips and Takeaways

November 16, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Biddeford School District: Never Unpack Alone

October 27, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Phase In or Overnight Your Implementation?

October 20, 2015

Steve Lavoie

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

Revisiting Threads of Implementation

August 3, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

State Policy: Resources for Getting Started

July 15, 2015

Susan Patrick

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

Check Out State and Local Policies at Great Schools Partnership

May 4, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Keeping the Focus on Learning in a Tech-Rich Classroom

March 31, 2015

Lydia Leimbach

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

Shifting the Culture in Learner-Centered Environments

February 18, 2015

Mary Bellavance

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

The SAMR Model in Blended Learning

February 16, 2015

Lydia Leimbach

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

Where to Meet Up with Competency Educators

February 5, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Navigators of Learning

January 8, 2015

Bill Zima

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

Policy Implications in Competency Education: An Interview with Don Siviski

November 14, 2014

Anna Fazekas

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

ReInventing Schools at the District Level

November 10, 2014

Bill Zima

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

What's New in K-12 Competency Education

October 30, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

RSU Students Now Proficiency-Based

October 29, 2014

Gary Chapin

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Virgel Hammonds’ Six Insights into Leadership

October 8, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Quick Update from RSU2 Maine

October 7, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Learners Rule

June 25, 2014

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

What Is a Proficiency-Based Diploma?

June 18, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Maine Walks the Talk - Extends Date for Proficiency-Based Diplomas

June 9, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

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June 5, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Threads of Implementation -- Lessons Learned from Maine

May 21, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

The Advantage of Separating Behaviors and Academics Through a Competency-Based Grading System

May 5, 2014

Jonathan Vander Els

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