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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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Are You Launch Ready?

December 10, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Tackling Work Study Practices in a Competency-Based Educational System

December 9, 2014

Jonathan Vander Els

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

EPIC Schools: Putting Young Men of Color in the Center of the Design (Part 1)

December 8, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

A Deeper Dive into the EPIC North Design (Part 2)

December 8, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

A Question of Competency

December 8, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Carroll Gardens School for Innovation (MS 442): Intentional School Design

December 5, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

The Case for Performance Assessments in a Standards-Based Grading System

December 5, 2014

Louis DeLoreto

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

Competency-Based Education Needs Breathing Room

December 5, 2014

Michelle Weise

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

First Stop of the Magical Mastery Tour: Bronx International High School

December 4, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

The Big Three Takeaways of the Magical Mastery Tour

December 3, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Magical Mastery Tour

December 2, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

What's New in K-12 Competency Education

November 26, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Advice From Highland Tech Students

November 25, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Highland Tech Charter School - Putting it All Together

November 24, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Competency Education in Practice: Kearsarge Regional High School Spotlight

November 21, 2014

Anna Fazekas

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

Competency Education in a K-16+ World

November 19, 2014

Jonathan Vander Els

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Learn Fast and Adapt, Especially in Education

November 17, 2014

Brian Peddle

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

What's New in Competency Education in Higher Education (November 13, 2014)

November 13, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Conundrums in Competency

November 13, 2014

Julia Freeland

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

How Alaska's Chugach District Changed Education Through Performance-Based Learning

November 13, 2014

Bob Crumley

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

What is the Difference between Standards-Based Grading (or Reporting) and Competency-Based Education?

November 11, 2014

Matt Townsley

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

ReInventing Schools at the District Level

November 10, 2014

Bill Zima

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

Southern New Hampshire Reshaping Higher Ed Landscape

November 10, 2014

Tom Vander Ark

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

What is the Story that You Will Tell of Your Journey?

November 7, 2014

Rose Colby

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