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What's New in Competency-Based Higher Education?

June 16, 2016

Natalie Slocum

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

6 Ways to Eliminate Attribution Error on the Path to Equity in Competency-Based Systems

June 15, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Tackling Issues of Equity in Personalized Learning

June 14, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

Addressing Equity Issues in Personalized, Competency-Based Learning

June 14, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

How Misconceptions About Competency Education Could Undermine Equity

June 13, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Show You Know it: Scenes from a Performance-Based High School

June 13, 2016

Janaisa Walker

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

How Competency Education Drives Equity

June 10, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Addressing Equity Issues in Personalized, Competency-Based Learning

June 9, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

Supporting State Capacity to Plan for Innovative Systems of Assessments Under ESSA

June 9, 2016

Maria Worthen

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

Developing a Competency-Based ELA Classroom

June 8, 2016

Stephanie Price

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Learn Lessons from the Field

What's New in K-12 Competency Education?

June 7, 2016

Natalie Slocum

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

Education Domain Blog

From Compliance to Continuous Improvement: Accountability, Assessments and Next Generation Workforce with ESSA

June 7, 2016

Susan Patrick, Susan Gentz

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

Moving from Theory to Practice: Designing a New Competency-Based High School

June 6, 2016

Danny Medved and Lisa Simms

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Learn Lessons from the Field

Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Constant Feedback

June 3, 2016

Courtney Belolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Infrastructure, Data Systems, Student Data Privacy, and OER Are Critical to Scaling Personalized Learning

June 3, 2016

Maria Worthen, Susan Gentz

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Increase Access to Broadband, Issues in Practice

May CompetencyWorks Catch-Up

June 2, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

What Are the Implications of Student-Centered Learning for Technology?

June 2, 2016

Liz Glowa

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Can Melrose Go Deeper with Competency-Based Education?

June 1, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

ESSA: From Compliance to Opportunity

May 31, 2016

Samantha Tankersley

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA

What Happens When Students Are in the Driver’s Seat?

May 30, 2016

Steve Reifenberg

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

5 Strategies for Fostering Independence in a PBL Classroom

May 27, 2016

James Fester

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Promising State Policies

May 25, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

The Promise of Student-Centered Learning

May 25, 2016

Liz Glowa

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

PASA Forges Ahead with Competency-Based Expanded Learning Opportunities

May 24, 2016

Chris Sturgis

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