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Taking the Long View on Policies for Competency-Based Education
This new report provides a holistic look at the culture surrounding, and possible improvements for, current efforts to achieve competency-based education. Learn more here.
6 Ways Administrators Can Prove the Efficacy of Digital Tools
By: Eric Sheninger. For change to really be embraced by all stakeholders, it is critical that we don’t just tell, but also show that improvement is occurring. Accountability matters, and is a reality in our work.
How Can We Truly Meet Students Where They Are At?
Competency-based education is a system of instruction where students advance to higher levels of learning when they demonstrate mastery of concepts and skills. In this setting, learning doesn’t rely on time, place or pace.
Smart Review | The Reading Mind
Reading "The Reading Mind" took me beyond simply marveling at reading to deeply understanding it in a way that I can apply across the board in my work with young people and educators.
10 Current and Emerging Trends in Adult Learning
We live in a world where the unexpected is the norm, and the only thing we can really be sure of in the future is that change will occur rapidly. What does this mean for adult learning? Here are 10 current and emerging trends.
Mapping Learner Experience
As students navigate their learning journey, we must deliver explicit, student-owned opportunities to set and map their course. Here's one strategy that think can be truly effective.
Silicon Schools Reflects on Five Years of Personalized Learning
Silicon Schools recently released a read-worthy report on the progress they’ve seen and lessons they’ve learned since their journey in personalizing learning began five years ago. Here's our overview.
Impact Report: Building Capacity for Personalized Learning and More
Education Elements recently released its third annual Impact Report, "Building Capacity for Personalized Learning and More," examining the impact of personalized learning on districts across the country. Here are highlights of what they found.
Better Formative Feedback: Work Worth Doing in a Place Worth Being
While everything about a learning environment may provide formative feedback to students, not everything qualifies as formative assessment. Here is what we do know about what formative assessment is and how it works.
Students as Stakeholders: Talking About College & Career Readiness
By: Hannah Bartlebaugh. Students are the experts on their own experiences, but far too often their voices are left out of the conversation about how to improve education. Here's how to talk to them about college and career readiness.