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Equity & Access

Restorative Practices at Building 21 Philadelphia

[…] 21 operates in partnership with the School District of Philadelphia and the Allentown School District respectively, we also work with schools and districts that are transitioning to competency-based education through our affiliate model. Building 21 collaborates with our partners, school leaders, staff, students and families to realize communities rooted in personalized competency-based learning, strong […]

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Future of Learning

The Story of Transforming A System: Spring Grove Schools

[…] relevance in their learning. Most of our school, including many of the high school courses, have moved to standards-based grading. Our next steps are to move to competency-based grading systems to track not only academics but also Redefining Ready indicators and Profile of a Learner dispositions and skills.  Right now, our teams are preparing […]

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Getting Through

How to Reopen Schools: A 10-Point Plan Putting Equity at the Center

[…] culture, and reassess academic and social and emotional growth. The fall is an opportunity to meet learners where they are, support individual learning plans, and shift to competency-based progressions. Some students may have experienced trauma over the previous six months, and staff and community partners will need to be ready to support those learners. […]

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How to Reopen Schools
Competency-Based Education

Using OER to Increase Collaboration, Relevance, and Engagement

[…] those changes. The Texas Learning Exchange curated an OER library to help educators find and use high quality and free resources to support meaningful learning anywhere, anytime. Competency-Based Assessment A standardized or traditional education system is designed to move kids along a certain path at a certain period of time and often ignores the […]

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Competency-Based Education

Getting Smart Town Hall Recap: Let’s Talk About C.B.E.: Competency-Based Everything

On the most recent Getting Smart Town Hall, Let’s Talk about C.B.E.: Competency-Based Everything, we brought in a few of our friends to serve as guests and lend their valuable expertise to the audience’s wonderings about competency-based education (CBE). We were joined by Claudette Trujillo of Westminster Public Schools, Laura Hilger of Knowledgeworks, Deion […]

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lets talk about cbe
Future of Learning

Five Mega Trends Reshaping Global Learning

[…] University acquired youth badging platform LRNG to extend access and create new pathways to credentials, degrees, and opportunity. Similarly, a growing number of teachers are benefiting from personalized and competency-based learning organized as a series of microcredentials. Teachers gain the ability to choose (or build) what they wish to learn and how they demonstrate their learning. Hundreds […]

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Purdue Polytechnic High School in Indianapolis
Competency-Based Education

Education is Equity Work: New Resource and Customizable Toolkit to Help

[…] others on how they’re using them? Explore the map. For more, see: TLA’s Real-Time Redesign Toolkit Helps Schools Make Practical and Positive Change A Platform to Support Competency-Based PBL Students at the Center Hub This post was originally published at KnowledgeWorks.org. Rebecca E. Wolfe oversees the research, impact and improvement efforts that reinforce KnowledgeWorks’ […]

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KnowledgeWorks toolkit
Place Based Education

Outdoor and Experiential Learning Across the Country

[…] to enjoying outdoor education on the beautiful Cascade campus, during winter, everyone enjoys weekly ski/snowboard days at Mt. Bachelor.  The Middle and Upper schools feature personalized and competency-based learning. Cascade was an early member of the Mastery Transcript Consortium.  Outdoor Discovery Center Western Michigan supports four seasons of outdoor learning with lakes, great and […]

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