Competency-Based Education
When the Stars Align in Support of Learning…
By: Karla Phillips. A common K-12 and higher education reform effort where the stars can align? Competency-based learning.
Elevate and Empower
A Getting Smart paper & infographic, produced in partnership with Rosetta Stone, explores the potential of world language educators leading the shift to school and district-wide blended, competency-based, deeper learning models. A follow-up to “The Next Generation of World Language Learning.”
Infographic | Elevate and Empower: World Language Instructors as Key Players in the Shift to Competency-Based, Blended Learning
New infographic from Getting Smart and Rosetta Stone Education complement the upcoming paper on World Language Instructors as Key Players in the Shift to Competency-Based, Blended Learning.
Smart List: 45 Advocacy Orgs Making a Difference
Today we are recognizing 45 policy and advocacy organizations. These groups put students first, set the path, and lead the conversation.
Flexible Learning Time Provides System Approach to Differentiation in a Competency Education School
Brian Stack, principal of Sanborn Regional High School in New Hampshire shares how developing a flexible learning time each day provides intervention and enrichment for students and how this time has been a key to providing students with the differentiation and personalization needed success in their competency-based system.
EdTech 10: Reason to Celebrate
This week’s stories signal that innovations in learning that were once small and isolated are starting to ramp up in size, impact and attention. Learners have reason to celebrate this week as opportunity, access, and quality are on the rise.
Southern New Hampshire Reshaping Higher Ed Landscape
Manchester, New Hampshire may seem like an unlikely place for a revolution but Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) has produced three remarkable innovations that have the potential to reshape the higher ed landscape.
Preparing for Conversations with Parents
Designing conversations with parents about their student's academic levels, pace, and progress in competency-based education and helping parents and their students appreciate the value of personalized learning. emphasis on personalized learning based on where students are in their learning
Leave Retention Behind in Favor of Promotion on Mastery
The alternative to retention isn’t social promotion - it's mastery. Why competency-based learning is more important than seat time.
Is it a Teaching Problem or a Design Problem?
When principals are evaluating teachers this year and when they don’t see the percentage of grade level proficiency they had hoped for, they should ask, “Is this a teaching problem or a design problem?”