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Education Domain Blog

Educational Games News & Research Podcast (Guest blogger)

February 3, 2014

Anuar Andres Lequerica

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Education Domain Blog

Webinar: Research on cognitive science in K-12 blended and online learning (Recording link)

January 31, 2014

Kathryn Kennedy

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Education Domain Blog

State of the Union 2014: Opportunity Begins with the Promise of Student-Centered Learning

January 30, 2014

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy

Three Quick Thoughts About Personalized Learning Plans

January 29, 2014

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Guest blogger Tom Lynch reviews Software Takes Command by Lev Manovich

January 29, 2014

Tom Liam Lynch

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Check Out What is Happening in New England

January 27, 2014

Chris Sturgis

Education Domain Blog

Webinar: Research on MOOCs in K-12 blended and online learning (Recording link)

January 27, 2014

Kathryn Kennedy

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Systematic Measurement of Progress Toward Competency

January 24, 2014

Bob Sornson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Webinar: Research on Race to the Top Blended STEM Initiative (Recording link)

January 24, 2014

Kathryn Kennedy

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Can't Visit a Competency-Based School?

January 22, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

Webinar: Research on understanding quest-based learning: Game-based mechanics and community (Recording link)

January 22, 2014

Kathryn Kennedy

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Vermont Breakaway on Proficiency-Based Policy

January 20, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Oklahoma Considering Proficiency-Based Promotion

January 20, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Piecing it Together

January 16, 2014

Bill Zima

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

Progress and Proficiency: Redesigning Grading for Competency Education

January 15, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Our School's Pathway to Competency-Based Learning

January 14, 2014

Jonathan Vander Els

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

Education Domain Blog

Webinar: Research on attendance in K-12 online learning programs (Recording link)

January 13, 2014

Kathryn Kennedy

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Going Higher and Deeper

January 11, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Watch Out for Wyoming

January 10, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

Upcoming Research Webinar on NCVPS’s blended learning initative

January 10, 2014

Kathryn Kennedy

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Whose Classroom Is This? The Importance of Students’ Voice in Creating a Writer’s Workshop

January 9, 2014

Kaili Phillips

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

Practitioner Implications in Competency Education: An Interview with Rose Colby

January 8, 2014

Anna Fazekas

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

Education Domain Blog

Webinar: Research on Algebra 1 and Biology Teachers (Recording link)

January 8, 2014

Kathryn Kennedy

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Curriculum Models Need to Preserve Standards, Not Break Them Apart

January 7, 2014

Caroline Gordon Messenger, Ph.M. and Marc Pardee

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Deadlines Matter: Debunking the Myth That Standards-Based Grading Means No Deadlines

January 6, 2014

Brian Stack

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality, Rethink Instruction