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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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Lake County Schools: Moving at the Speed of Trust at South Lake High School

February 16, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Lake County Schools: Designing a Strategy to Bring Personalized Learning to Scale

February 15, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

10 Tips for Developing Student Agency

February 12, 2016

Tom Vander Ark

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

Reflections on Learning

February 11, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

3 Smart State Approaches to Competency-Based Education

February 10, 2016

Karla Esparza-Phillips

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

Red Bank Elementary: The Parent Perspective

February 9, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Red Bank Elementary: What Students Have to Say about Personalized Learning

February 8, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Questions to Help Build Transparency

February 5, 2016

Courtney Belolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Red Bank Elementary School: Starting with the Pedagogy

February 4, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Red Bank Elementary School: Teaching Students, Not Standards

February 3, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Red Bank Elementary: Five Big Takeaways

February 2, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

What's New in K-12 Competency Education?

February 2, 2016

Natalie Slocum

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

January CompetencyWorks Catch-Up

February 1, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Northern Maine Education Collaborative: High Aspirations

January 29, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

Collecting a "Body of Evidence"

January 28, 2016

Jonathan Vander Els, Jill Lizier, and Terry Bolduc

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

University of Maine at Presque Isle: Eliminating Remediation

January 27, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

iNACOL Submits Recommendations to ED In Open Comment Period for ESSA Request for Information

January 26, 2016

Susan Patrick

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

The 7Cs to College and Career Competency

January 26, 2016

Lori Vandeborne and Stephen Fujii

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

UMPI: Faculty Perspective

January 25, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

The Overwhelming Act of Assessing Writing in a CBE School

January 22, 2016

Crystal Bonin

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

Avoiding "Learned Helplessness"

January 21, 2016

Andrew Miller

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

University of Maine at Presque Isle: Moving at the Speed of Light

January 20, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

Wells High School: The Timeline to Transformation

January 19, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

5 Ways to Build a Student Agency in the Digital Age

January 18, 2016

Arina Bokas and Rod Rock

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

Upcoming Webinar Series for Community Colleges

January 16, 2016

Chris Sturgis