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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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Non-Cognitive Skills: Bad Name, Really Important

August 27, 2015

Tom Vander Ark

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

What’s Personalization Got to Do with It? On the Road to College and Career Success

August 26, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Have You Made Plans for the iNACOL Symposium Yet?

August 25, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Teaching: The Most Intellectual Job in the World

August 24, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

From Formative Assessment to Tracking Student Mastery: The Road to Competency-Based Instruction

August 20, 2015

Megan Mead

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

A Reflection on the Field of Competency Education

August 19, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Finland Offers Lessons for Building Student, Teacher Agency

August 17, 2015

Michael Horn

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

What I Am Learning from Anthony Kim

August 14, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

What's New in Competency-Based Higher Ed?

August 13, 2015

Natalie Slocum

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

Support for Teachers in a Competency Education School

August 13, 2015

Brian Stack

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

Integrating Career Technical Education with Competency-Based Education

August 8, 2015

Carri Schneider

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education

What's New in K-12 Competency Education?

August 7, 2015

Natalie Slocum

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

How Competent Are We at Competency Education?

August 6, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started

It’s Simply Buzzing in New Hampshire

August 5, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

You Have to Start Somewhere

August 5, 2015

Dorothy Wax

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

Introducing a New Definition of Competency Education

August 4, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

How Should Quality Assurance for Competency-Based Ed Work?

August 3, 2015

Michael Horn

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

Think of Competency Education as a GPS System

August 1, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Congratulations to Pahara Institute’s 2015 NextGen Leaders

July 28, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Michael Horn’s Testimony

July 28, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

Learning Progressions: Are Student-Centered State Standards Possible?

July 27, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Re-Thinking Assets in Competency-Based Transcripts

July 21, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education

Districts Seeking Districts on the Journey of Competency Education

July 20, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Assessing Work Study Practices in a Competency Education School

July 19, 2015

Brian Stack

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