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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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Skilling Up: CBE Is the $500B Opportunity Every Tech Entrepreneur Should Tap

February 9, 2015

Michelle Weise

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

Where to Meet Up with Competency Educators

February 5, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Teaching through the Culture: Native Education in a Performance-Based System

February 4, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

What's New in K-12 Competency Education?

February 3, 2015

Natalie Slocum

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

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Competency-Based Education and Student Learning Objectives

February 2, 2015

Scott Marion

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

What Would Andrew Do?

January 29, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Chugach School District: Performance-Based Education in a One-Room School House

January 27, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

What's New in Competency Education in Higher Education?

January 27, 2015

Natalie Slocum

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

Negotiating Release

January 26, 2015

Lydia Leimbach

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Overcoming Faculty Resistance to CBE

January 26, 2015

Dorothy Wax

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Engage Community

A Victory for Competency-Based Education

January 23, 2015

Lillian Pace

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

On Perseverance in the Classroom

January 22, 2015

Eric Toshalis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Helping HELP: Paul Leather’s Testimony on Assessments and Accountability

January 21, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

You Gotta Keep ’em Separated: How to Give CBE Breathing Room

January 21, 2015

Michelle Weise

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

Ownership, Not Buy-In: An Interview with Bob Crumley, Superintendent Chugach School District

January 20, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

ACHIEVE’s Communication Tool Kit – Must Use!

January 16, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Engage Community

In Search of the Goldilocks Scale

January 15, 2015

Jonathan Vander Els

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

Calibrating the Competency Conversation

January 14, 2015

Julia Freeland

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

Chugach Teachers Talk about Teaching

January 13, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Supporting Competency Education in ESEA Reauthorization

January 10, 2015

Maria Worthen

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

North Carolina: Optimizing Best Practices through a Convening of Thought Leaders

January 9, 2015

Natalie Abel

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

What's New in Competency Education in Higher Education

January 8, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Navigators of Learning

January 8, 2015

Bill Zima

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

Chugach School District’s Performance-Based Infrastructure

January 7, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Driven by Student Empowerment: Chugach School District

January 6, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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