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Maine: At the Forefront of Proficiency-Based Learning

February 19, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Lake County Schools: Sawgrass Bay Elementary Increases Engagement with Personalized Learning

February 18, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Will Maine Stay the Course?

February 18, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

What's New in Competency-Based Higher Education?

February 18, 2016

Natalie Slocum

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

Lake County Schools: Lost Lake Elementary is Putting the Fun Back into Teaching

February 17, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

What is Personalized Learning?

February 17, 2016

Natalie Slocum

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

Lake County Schools: Moving at the Speed of Trust at South Lake High School

February 16, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

Support the Development and Use of Open Educational Resources (OER)

February 16, 2016

Susan Gentz

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Lake County Schools: Designing a Strategy to Bring Personalized Learning to Scale

February 15, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

10 Tips for Developing Student Agency

February 12, 2016

Tom Vander Ark

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

Reflections on Learning

February 11, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

3 Smart State Approaches to Competency-Based Education

February 10, 2016

Karla Esparza-Phillips

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

Education Domain Blog

Meaning Matters: Defining and Differentiating Personalized Learning, Blended Learning and Competency Education

February 10, 2016

Natalie Slocum

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

Red Bank Elementary: The Parent Perspective

February 9, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

New Blog Series: Promising Policies for Personalized Learning

February 9, 2016

Dale Frost

Issue(s): State Policy

Red Bank Elementary: What Students Have to Say about Personalized Learning

February 8, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Questions to Help Build Transparency

February 5, 2016

Courtney Belolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Red Bank Elementary School: Starting with the Pedagogy

February 4, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

RSU2: Entering a New Stage in Building a High-Quality Proficiency-Based District

February 4, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Red Bank Elementary School: Teaching Students, Not Standards

February 3, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Red Bank Elementary: Five Big Takeaways

February 2, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

What's New in K-12 Competency Education?

February 2, 2016

Natalie Slocum

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

January CompetencyWorks Catch-Up

February 1, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Northern Maine Education Collaborative: High Aspirations

January 29, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

Collecting a "Body of Evidence"

January 28, 2016

Jonathan Vander Els, Jill Lizier, and Terry Bolduc

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