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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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The Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria

July 21, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Organizing Around Competencies, Not Courses

July 20, 2016

John Milam

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

Catalyzing Mastery-Based Learning: NYC’s Mastery Collaborative

July 19, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Is it a Project or an Activity? Project-Based Learning and its Cousins

July 18, 2016

Tom Vander Ark and Bonnie Lathram

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Three Key Components of School-Community Engagement

July 15, 2016

John Freeman

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Engage Community

NYC Big Takeaways

July 14, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Cumberland High School: Starting with Proficiency-Based Grading

July 13, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Shaping Student-Centered Learning at Our Piece of the Pie

July 12, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

What's New in Competency-Based Higher Education?

July 12, 2016

Natalie Slocum

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

Harvard and Wellesley and Tufts, Oh My! (And Did I Mention MIT and Babson?)

July 11, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

Will Eliminating the “F” Eliminate Bad School Design?

July 9, 2016

Julia Freeland

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

When Tears Don’t Stop Flowing

July 8, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Student Ownership of Non-Curricular Cognitive Competencies

July 8, 2016

Jonathan Vander Els, Jill Lizier, and Terry Bolduc

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

Insights from the RTT-D Personalized Learning Summit

July 7, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Department of Education Proposes New Rules for ESSA’s Innovative Assessment Pilot

July 6, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

What's New in K-12 Competency Education?

July 5, 2016

Natalie Slocum

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

June CompetencyWorks Catch-Up

July 1, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

From Compliance to Continuous Improvement: Accountability, Assessments and Next Generation Workforce with ESSA

June 30, 2016

Susan Gentz

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

Looking Under the Hood

June 29, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

The Tip of the Iceberg

June 29, 2016

Jonathan Vander Els

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

What Does it REALLY Mean to Do Standards-Based Grading? (Part 2)

June 28, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

What Does it REALLY Mean to Do Standards-Based Grading? (Part 1)

June 27, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

How Can You Truly Meet Students Where They Are?

June 24, 2016

Karla Esparza-Phillips

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Turning Practice into Policy

June 23, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Culture and Climate

June 22, 2016

Hanna Attafi

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction