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Webinar: A Strategic Reflection on the Field of Competency-Based Education

September 4, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Issues in Practice

What Do You Mean When You Say “Student Agency”?

August 29, 2019

Jenny Poon

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

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

Eastern Carver’s Framework for Lifelong Learning Skills

August 26, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

Strategies for Building Student Ownership of Their Learning

August 20, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

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

Flexible Scheduling, Supports, and Monitoring at Pioneer Ridge Middle School

August 15, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

It Takes a Village to Personalize Learning to Every Student

August 12, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Evaluate Quality, Learn Lessons from the Field, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Personalizing Learning in an Alternative Arts High School

August 6, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

District-wide Transformation to Personalized Learning in Eastern Carver County, Minnesota

August 1, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): 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

Keeping Students at the Center with Culturally Relevant Performance Assessments

July 29, 2019

Maya Kaul

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

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

July 26, 2019

Communications Staff

Promoting Lifelong Learning Skills in the Classroom: New Hampshire’s Work Study Practices

July 25, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Reinventing High School: Measuring What Matters Most

July 22, 2019

Tony Wagner

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

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

The New Hampshire Learning Initiative: A Model for Catalyzing State-Wide Transformation

July 18, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

Celebrating Learning Can Be Moving and Uplifting, and We Need To Get It Right

July 15, 2019

Joy Nolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Personalized Competency-Based Learning: Maybe Not Just for Kids

July 11, 2019

James Rickabaugh

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning

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

Recognizing Outstanding Student Achievement in Competency-Based Schools

July 8, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

Education Domain Blog

2019 State Legislative Highlights

July 8, 2019

Alexis Chambers

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

Education Domain Blog

What Leading Education Systems Around the Globe are Doing to Transform Learning - Pt. 2

July 2, 2019

Jordan Tinney

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