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Education Innovation Is Flourishing Across the Commonwealth of Virginia

January 3, 2020

Natalie Slocum

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

What Could a Shift Toward a Whole Child Approach Look Like in Schools? An Emphasis on Mental Health

December 23, 2019

Brooke Stafford-Brizard

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

Education Domain Blog

A Call to Action for Higher Education to Modernize Teaching

December 12, 2019

Katherine Casey

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA, State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

The State of the Field, 2019

December 6, 2019

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

Education Domain Blog

CompetencyWorks Releases Report Updating Definition of Competency-Based Education

November 14, 2019

Eliot Levine, Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

Eliot Levine Shares News on the Definition of Competency-Based Education in the Latest Innovation Spotlight Podcast

November 12, 2019

DeQuendre Bertrand

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Has Become the Aurora Institute

October 29, 2019

Susan Patrick

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

Education Domain Blog

The U.S. Department of Education Is Inviting New Applications for Round 3 of the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority

October 26, 2019

Alexis Chambers, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Bringing Education Policy and the Learning Sciences into Alignment

October 24, 2019

Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

Education Domain Blog

New Innovation Spotlight Episode – Education Policy and the Learning Sciences with Natalie Truong

October 23, 2019

DeQuendre Bertrand

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Five State Policy Recommendations for Governors: Supporting Innovation in Education for the Future Workforce

October 18, 2019

Susan Patrick, Alexis Chambers, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Seven States With Enabling Policies to Support Innovations in K-12 Education to Offer More Personalized Approaches and Competency-Based Systems

October 16, 2019

Alexis Chambers, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Support Professional Learning

Education Domain Blog

Getting to the Heart of Equity in Education - Pt. 2

October 16, 2019

Kara Bobroff

Issue(s): State Policy, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Engage Community

Education Domain Blog

New Innovation Spotlight Episode - Assessments in Student-Centered Learning with Maria Worthen and Alexis Chambers

October 1, 2019

DeQuendre Bertrand

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Getting to the Heart of Equity in Education

September 27, 2019

Caroline Hill

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

Bruce Friend Inaugurates iNACOL's New Podcast Series with a Discussion of the iNACOL Symposium

September 9, 2019

DeQuendre Bertrand

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

Education Domain Blog

Susan Patrick on Five Global Trends in Education

September 6, 2019

Communications Staff

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Modernize HEA, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Support Professional Learning, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce

Education Domain Blog

What the Learning Sciences Are Teaching Us About Learning – Pt. 3

August 29, 2019

Bror Saxberg

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

Education Domain Blog

Reflections on Assessments for Competency-Based Education and Updates to States Piloting the Innovative Assessment Program

August 26, 2019

Alexis Chambers, Natalie Truong

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

Education Domain Blog

Introducing the Keynote Speakers for the 2019 iNACOL Symposium

August 21, 2019

iNACOL Staff

Issue(s): How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Evaluate Quality, Learn Lessons from the Field, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

What the Learning Sciences Are Teaching Us About Learning - Pt. 2

August 16, 2019

Pamela Cantor

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

Education Domain Blog

What the Learning Sciences Are Teaching Us About Learning

July 31, 2019

Todd Rose

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Welcomes Layla Avila and Felicia Cumings Smith to Board of Directors

July 26, 2019

Communications Staff

Education Domain Blog

What Leading Education Systems Around the Globe are Doing to Transform Learning – Pt. 3

July 19, 2019

David Istance

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

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Releases State Policy Recommendations: Modernizing the Teaching Workforce for Learner-Centered, Competency-Based, Equity-Oriented Education

July 10, 2019

Katherine Casey

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity