{"id":1936,"date":"2016-01-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/competency-education-time-to-tackle-the-elephant\/"},"modified":"2019-12-16T12:54:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T17:54:40","slug":"competency-education-time-to-tackle-the-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/competency-education-time-to-tackle-the-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"Competency Education: Time to Tackle the Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this blog that first appeared on CompetencyWorks.org<\/a> on December 16, 2015, Chris Sturgis<\/a> (@sturgis_chris<\/a>) shares the challenges teachers face when required to teach grade-level standards\u2014when students\u2019 knowledge is two to three (or more) academic levels lower or higher.<\/p>\n

She shares how personalized, competency-based education<\/a> can reach students in their zone of proximal development, and she poses four issues that need to be worked through to teach students where they are on their individual learning continuums. Chris ends this complex and deeply thoughtful inquiry with a call to action: would your organization be willing to work on chunks of this issue and help us \u201ctackle the elephant?\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more from the resources below, and comment or tweet us your thoughts (@nacol<\/a>):<\/p>\n