Competency-Based Education
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?”
Music Education: What Students Want, What the Workforce Needs
Alexandra Eaton outlines how music education, if utilized in ways that Plato described, can provide more than just an outlet for creativity, but be another tool to prepare students to be college & career ready.
7 Ways State Policy Can Promote Competence
There are seven ways state policy can promote and accelerate the shift to next-generation competency based learning and improve outcomes.
EdTech 10: From Ideas to Implementation
We love a good continuum, and this week’s top stories reveal a good one. Scan this week’s EdTech 10 for a range of efforts that celebrate the evolution from “idea” to “implementation” and everything in between.
Summer Spotlight: Competency Based Education
Don't miss iNACOL's summary of competency-based learning that gives an introduction and overview of one of the most exciting trends in teaching and learning.
Middle Grade Humanities: Going Beyond the English Class
The middle grades serve as important years for students to immerse themselves in reading and writing across content areas. Schools are increasingly finding ways to create opportunities for students to write and read in content areas that go beyond the English class.