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#NowHiring: iNACOL is seeking a #ResearchDirector to spearhead their knowledge management and research. Learn more and apply here: http://ow.ly/YBnR30jZCZM @nacol
Below are the latest events, news and trends shaping the future of K-12 education.
New from iNACOL’s Blog: Education Domain
CompetencyWorks Releases New Report, Meeting Students Where They Are
Competency-based education has reached an exciting moment in its evolution. In the last 10 years, we’ve witnessed great progress in state policymaking, and states, districts and schools have taken on the challenge of creating new…
Action Steps for State Policymakers to Support Competency-Based Systems
State leaders can support policy for K-12 competency-based education to help all students succeed. Fully-developed, student-centered systems require significant shifts in policy and practice. They require the right balance of policies that…
HA in Hawai’i: Redefining Success for Whole Child Learning
Emerging research in the science of learning asserts that environmental, developmental, psychological, emotional and cultural contexts and experiences are highly interrelated. These contexts individually and collectively impact…
CompetencyWorks Releases Equity Report for Ensuring All Students Succeed in Personalized, Competency-Based Education
The role of public education has never been more important – it is the bedrock of democracy. Competency-based education holds promise as a uniquely powerful model for fostering equity, but only if equity is an intentional design feature…
Plugged In Headlines: Other News in Personalized, Competency-Based Education
Recommended Resources on Competency-Based Education from Folks Doing the Work
Chris Sturgis, CompetencyWorks
Why Principals Are Embracing Personalized Learning
Michelle R. Davis, Education Week
Say Goodbye to “Classrooms” – Harrisburg to Expand Personalized Learning
Allison Royal, KDLT News
Achieving Authentic Learning Through a Major Classroom Culture Shift
Kareem Farah, Next Generation Learning Challenges
How Reverse Planning for Goals Can Help Students Succeed in School
Linda Flanagan, KQED Mind/Shift
Kids Need More Personalized Learning to Keep Them in School
Stephanie Malia Krauss, Youth Today
Lessons from Personalized Learning and Competency-Based Education State Pilots
Matt Williams, KnowledgeWorks
Scaffolding Social Action for Your Students
Maurice J. Elias, Edutopia
5 Trends for Seeding CBE Growth
Julia Freeland Fisher, Christensen Institute
Structure Helps Promote Student Agency
Rob Schwartz and Jeffrey Starr, Education Week
How to Support Teacher Innovation Within a Strict State Accountability System
Dr. Cederick Ellis, EdSurge
Upcoming iNACOL Events
May Leadership Webinar | The Science of Learning and Development and Its Implications for Transforming K-12 Education
May 16, 2018 | 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
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May Teacher Talk Webinar | Strategies for Teachers to Drive Student Agency through Inquiry-Based, Authentic Learning
May 17, 2018 | 6:00-7:00 p.m. ET
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June Leadership Webinar | An Introduction to K-12 Competency-Based Education
June 6, 2018 | 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
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June Special Edition Webinar | Levers and Logic Models: A Framework to Guide Research and Design of High-Quality K-12 Competency-Based Education Systems
June 19, 2018 | 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Learn more and register.
iNACOL Symposium 2018
October 21-24, 2018, Nashville, TN
Attendee registration is open.
iNACOL in the News
Choosing Personalized Learning as a Strategy for Educational Equity
Tara García Mathewson, The Hechinger Report
“Personalized learning” is among the most discussed initiatives in education today. Most schools nationwide say they’ve implemented personalized learning, to some degree. Some use online programs or software to give students…
5 Ways to Move to Personalized, Competency-Based Education
Laura Ascione, eSchool News
A new report from iNACOL examines five key issues that could help improve the future of U.S. K-12 education and increase competency-based education, according to the authors. In the report, the authors describe how the traditional…
Educator Development Key to Statewide Personalized Learning, iNACOL Says
Sarah Schwartz, Education Week
States integrating personalized, competency-based learning need to take the lead in preparing their teachers to implement these instructional models, argues a new issue brief from iNACOL. The brief encourages states to identify…
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