CompetencyWorks | November 2017

Dear Colleagues: 

The Wisconsin blog series on personalized, proficiency-based education continues through November and December with a look at STEM Academy at the School District of Waukesha and Kettle Moraine School District.

• Buzzing Toward Personalized Learning in Wisconsin
• FLIGHT Academy: Magic Happens When Kids Come Together
• Blair Elementary School
• Creating a Learner-Driven System in Waukesha (Part 1)
• Waukesha STEM Academy: Personalizing Instruction and Learning Experiences (Part 2)
• Waukesha STEM Academy: Rethinking Space, Time, and Reporting (Part 3)
• Waukesha STEM Academy's Journey from ABC to the Learner Continuum (Part 4)

CompetencyWorks launched a new blog series to explore the learning sciences and its implications for personalized, competency-based education. Read the blog series here:

• Making Sense of the Learning Sciences
• Memorization Is Still Important, Even in Deeper Learning

CompetencyWorks published a new report, Quality and Equity by Design: Charting the Course for the Next Phase of Competency-Based Education, which seeks to advance K-12 competency education along four key issues: equity, quality, meeting students where they are, and policy. This paper was produced as a result of the National Summit on K-12 Competency-Based Education. Follow the blog series based on this report:

• Quality and Equity by Design
• Readiness for College, Career and Life: The Purpose of K-12 Public Education Today
• Why a Competency-Based System Is Needed: 10 Ways the Traditional System Contributes to Inequity
• How Competency-Based Education Differs from the Traditional System of Education

CompetencyWorks hosted a webinar to explore ideas within this report on November 8 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET. You can view the archived webinar here.