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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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Curriculum Models Need to Preserve Standards, Not Break Them Apart

January 7, 2014

Caroline Gordon Messenger, Ph.M. and Marc Pardee

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Deadlines Matter: Debunking the Myth That Standards-Based Grading Means No Deadlines

January 6, 2014

Brian Stack

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality, Rethink Instruction

Getting Started and Scaling Competency-Based Education

January 3, 2014

Andrea Stewart

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

Competency Education: The Solution to Retention

December 30, 2013

Rose Colby

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

What Can We Learn From Our Foreign Language Teachers?

December 23, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

Proficiency-Based Education Meet-Up in Oregon

December 18, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

Is Mastery a 3 or a 4 or Something Far Beyond That?

December 17, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

APEX Academy: A Diploma Plus School

December 16, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

Iowa Competency-Based Task Force Release Report

December 13, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

How Competency-Based Grading Has NOT Changed Our School’s Transcript

December 13, 2013

Brian Stack

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

Getting Up to Speed on Grading

December 11, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

On Five Musts for Mastery

December 10, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Curriculum Model for Mastery-Based Learning

December 9, 2013

Caroline Messenger

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Technology Tools Lag Our Competency-Based Aspirations

December 4, 2013

Julia Freeland

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

Education Leadership: Getting Students to Mastery

December 2, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

Barriers to Competency-Based Innovation Aren't Just Coming from Above

December 2, 2013

Julia Freeland

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

New Hampshire Rocks Competency Education Policy

November 25, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

What Does It Look Like: Student Ownership, Voice and Choice in a Competency-Based School

November 22, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

Optimizing Personalized, Blended, Competency-Based Schools

November 21, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Engagement – Designing for Learning in a Personal Mastery System

November 18, 2013

Dan Joseph

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Colleges Commit to Accepting Proficiency-Based Diploma

November 15, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

Climate Change

November 14, 2013

Caroline Messenger

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

Leadership Capacity for Second-Order Change

November 11, 2013

Dan Joseph

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

Lindsay Unified School District Reading List

November 7, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

The Power of Clear Expectations

November 4, 2013

Bill Zima

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction