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Shifting the Culture in Learner-Centered Environments

February 18, 2015

Mary Bellavance

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

What Comes after "Next"?

February 18, 2015

Michelle Weise

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education

The SAMR Model in Blended Learning

February 16, 2015

Lydia Leimbach

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

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Policy Update – House to Move on ESEA, States Move Bills to Open Access

February 14, 2015

Maria Worthen, Susan Gentz

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Statement on House ESEA Markup and Recommendations for Essential Elements

February 12, 2015

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy

Beyond the Carnegie Unit

February 11, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Performance-Based Home Schooling

February 10, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Never The First to Finish: Why Pace Matters

February 9, 2015

Sarah Vander Schaaff

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Skilling Up: CBE Is the $500B Opportunity Every Tech Entrepreneur Should Tap

February 9, 2015

Michelle Weise

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

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Policy Update – Punxsutawney Phil Sees His Shadow, Predicts Long Legislative Session

February 7, 2015

Maria Worthen, Susan Gentz

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Where to Meet Up with Competency Educators

February 5, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Teaching through the Culture: Native Education in a Performance-Based System

February 4, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

What's New in K-12 Competency Education?

February 3, 2015

Natalie Slocum

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

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Competency-Based Education and Student Learning Objectives

February 2, 2015

Scott Marion

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

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Policy Update – Enabling Policies to Transform K-12 Education

January 31, 2015

Maria Worthen, Susan Gentz

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

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Policy Update – That’s a Wrap on the First Month of 2015 Session

January 30, 2015

Maria Worthen, Susan Gentz

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Increase Access to Broadband, State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity

What Would Andrew Do?

January 29, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Chugach School District: Performance-Based Education in a One-Room School House

January 27, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

What's New in Competency Education in Higher Education?

January 27, 2015

Natalie Slocum

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

Negotiating Release

January 26, 2015

Lydia Leimbach

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Overcoming Faculty Resistance to CBE

January 26, 2015

Dorothy Wax

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Engage Community

A Victory for Competency-Based Education

January 23, 2015

Lillian Pace

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

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Policy Update – States and Congress and #SOTU, Oh My!

January 23, 2015

Maria Worthen, Susan Gentz

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

On Perseverance in the Classroom

January 22, 2015

Eric Toshalis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Helping HELP: Paul Leather’s Testimony on Assessments and Accountability

January 21, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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