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\"tulum-374\"<\/a>The question came up the other day, what are the best 2-3 short readings for someone that hasn\u2019t been exposed to the idea of competency education to read?\u00a0 Susan and I were talking about this and we came up with the following (below).<\/p>\n

We\u2019d like to know what you use to engage people in thinking deeply about competency-based, proficiency-based, performance-based, or mastery-based learning.\u00a0 We are keeping a Recommended Reading List<\/a> up to date…so please forward helpful resources to us.<\/p>\n

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Getting Your Feet Wet Reading List<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1)<\/strong>\u00a0To Learn About What\u2019s Wrong with the Traditional System.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In The One World School House<\/em><\/a>, Sal Khan provides two easy to read chapters containing historical insight and information about the fundamental flaws in the traditional system. In\u00a0 the chapter \u201cThe Prussian Model,\u201d he describes how the structure of today\u2019s schooling developed with its grade levels, calendar, semesters, and daily schedules. In \u201cSwiss Cheese Learning,\u201d he outlines the flaws in the problem, emphasizing that even our A+ students end up advancing with gaps in their knowledge that may create significant challenges later on.<\/p>\n

2) To Learn About What Competency Education Feels and Looks Like at the School Level<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 Watch the videos at Maine’s Center for Best Practices<\/a>. \u00a0The three must-watch videos are Bean Elementary School on Student Voice and Choice, Lyman Elementary on Demonstrating Learning, and Williams Elementary on Unpacking the Standards.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 Making Mastery Work<\/a> is one of the best sources out there to help develop understanding of what competency education looks and feels like at a school level. It has a lot of examples from ten schools \u2013 so we suggest people flip through or pick\u00a0 a few places to read that is of interest to them.<\/p>\n

3) To Learn About What It Will Take to Transform Our Current Education System<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 The issue brief\u00a0Necessary for Success: Building Mastery of World-Class Skills \u2013 A State Policymakers Guide to Competency Education<\/a> offers the five part definition, a sense of how competency education is unfolding across the country, and an overview of the big policy issues.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 In order to stimulate the conversation on equity and help people get their heads wrapped around the redesign, we think the post\u00a0Think Swiss Cheese<\/a>\u00a0can be helpful in giving a sense of how competency education is making inroads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mapsvg_location":""},"legacy_category":[],"issue":[396,368],"location":[94],"class_list":["post-2753","cw_post","type-cw_post","status-publish","hentry","issue-how-to-get-started","issue-issues-in-practice","location-maine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGetting Your Feet Wet Reading List - 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