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The Single-Point Mastery Rubric

January 19, 2018

Joy Nolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Ten Cornerstones of Cognitive Learning Sciences

January 18, 2018

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Meeting Students Where They Are so that Everyone Masters Learning

January 18, 2018

Nina Lopez, Susan Patrick, and Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

Meeting Students Where They Are So That Everyone Masters Learning

January 18, 2018

Chris Sturgis

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

A Big District Strategy for Implementing Competency-Based Education

January 17, 2018

Chris Sturgis

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

A Paradigm is a World of Circumscribed Tools, Rules, and Problems

January 17, 2018

Craig Schieber

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

Creating a Peer Coaching Program to Grow Student-Centered Learning (Part 2)

January 16, 2018

Mary Bellavance

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

We Are in the Midst of a Historic Paradigm Shift in Education

January 16, 2018

Craig Schieber

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

Practicing What They Preach: Micro-Credentialing at Kettle Moraine

January 15, 2018

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

Personalized, Competency-Based Education for English Language Learners

January 15, 2018

Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Moving Forward with the Science of Learning

January 11, 2018

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

An Equity Framework for Competency-Based Education

January 11, 2018

Nina Lopez, Susan Patrick, and Chris Sturgis

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

A Growing Movement: Behind the Shift to Competency-Based Diplomas

January 10, 2018

Tyler Barnett

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Creating a Peer Coaching Program to Grow Student-Centered Learning (Part 1)

January 9, 2018

Mary Bellavance

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

Reaching Out into the Community at High School of Health Sciences

January 8, 2018

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Engage Community

Education Domain Blog

The Promise of Next Generation Learning Models for English Language Learners

January 8, 2018

Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

U.S. Department of Education Invites State Applications for a New Pilot on Innovative Systems of Assessments

January 8, 2018

Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Sketching Out the Vision for a Competency-Based Policy Platform

January 4, 2018

Chris Sturgis

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

Designing a Competency-Based System for Equity

January 4, 2018

Nina Lopez, Susan Patrick, and Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

CompetencyWorks Releases New Policy Report, Fit for Purpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education

January 4, 2018

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Chasing Competencies at KM Perform

January 2, 2018

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

Promising Practices for Teaching English Language Learners

January 2, 2018

Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

December 2017 CompetencyWorks Catch-Up

January 1, 2018

Chris Sturgis

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

Educating for Global Competence: 6 Reasons, 7 Competencies, 8 Strategies, 9 Innovations

December 29, 2017

Tom Vander Ark and Emily Liebtag

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

4 Quality Design Principles for Teaching and Learning

December 28, 2017

Nina Lopez, Susan Patrick, and Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality