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Innovative Scheduling: Digital e-Learning Days and Academic Support Periods

July 1, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

iNACOL Releases Updates to the Snapshot of K-12 Competency Education State Policy Across the United States

June 27, 2019

Natalie Truong

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

Education Domain Blog

Develop Processes for Ongoing Continuous Improvement and Organizational Learning in Competency-Based Education

June 25, 2019

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality

Interstellar Time at Boeckman Middle School

June 24, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

What Leading Education Systems Around the Globe are Doing to Transform Learning

June 21, 2019

Susan Patrick

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

Shifting the English Department to Competency-Based Assessment

June 20, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

Shifting the English Department to Competency-Based Learning

June 18, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

Education Domain Blog

Invest in Educators as Learners in Competency-Based Education

June 18, 2019

Chris Sturgis

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

“Radical Trust” and Teacher Agency Drive Deeper Change in Farmington

June 13, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

June 11, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

Education Domain Blog

Activate Student Agency and Ownership in Competency-Based Education

June 11, 2019

Chris Sturgis

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

Illustrating Proficiency Grading Levels: 1234 Versus ABCDF

June 7, 2019

Emily Smith

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Habits of Mind and Learning New Ways of Learning at Journey Elementary

June 4, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

Education Domain Blog

Nurture a Culture of Learning and Inclusivity in Competency-Based Education

June 4, 2019

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality

Littles, Middles, Molders, and Olders – Multi-age Learning at Journey Elementary

May 30, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Releases Updates to the Snapshot of K-12 Competency Education State Policy Across the United States

May 30, 2019

Natalie Truong

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

Education Domain Blog

Quality Principles for Competency-Based Education

May 29, 2019

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality

Improving School Equity Through A Student-Led PD Activity and an Equity Summit at Casco Bay

May 28, 2019

Derek Pierce

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

Education Domain Blog

What the SAT “Adversity Score” Tells Us about the Need for Personalized, Competency-Based Learning in K-12 Education

May 24, 2019

DeQuendre Bertrand, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, State Policy, Redefine Student Success

District-wide Transformation in Harrisburg, South Dakota

May 22, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

Education Domain Blog

Reflecting on Opportunities to Advance Equity and Student-Centered Learning in Career and Technical Education

May 21, 2019

Alexis Chambers, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Design for Educational Equity

65 Years On: A Reflection on Brown v. Board and Educational Equity

May 17, 2019

Ashley Jones, Natalie Truong

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

Education Domain Blog

65 Years On: A Reflection on Brown v. Board and Educational Equity

May 17, 2019

Ashley Jones, Natalie Truong

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

Active Learning through Expeditions and Internships at Four Rivers

May 14, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Empowering Teachers as School Leaders at Four Rivers

May 7, 2019

Eliot Levine

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