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Competency Tracking Tools Are Overdue
It’s time for modern solutions for schools trying to develop the 2030 workforce.
Where Lifelong Skills and Curriculum Meet
By: Tynetta Harris. Focusing on the development of 36 cognitive skills is the key to deeper, lifelong learning and post high school success.
Competency-Based Approaches Focus On Skills, Relevancy and Personalization
Redefining learning outcomes and assessments by applying competency-based approaches will lead to more personalized and relevant learning.
Show What You Know: A Parent’s Guide to the Global Shift to Competency
Our education system has six big problems, but solutions spurred by global initiates are emerging to tackle these prevalent issues.
How New Models are Preparing Students for the Future of Work
New models are enabling students to acquire practical foundational skills for the future of work—a future that is increasingly distributed, diverse, device-agnostic and asynchronous in nature.
Teaching A Big School New Tricks: The Huntley 158 Competency Pilot
Despite coming with challenges, some communities choose big schools for some of the advantages they offer. And hundreds of those big suburban schools across the country are innovating to personalize learning and connect youth to meaningful postsecondary pathways.
What is 21st Century Learning? How Do We Get More?
For 40 years, we’ve been talking about the aims and strategies of 21st-century learning. Now that we’re a couple of decades in, we have a pretty good view.
Build Skills for 2030 Now With These Ideas
By: Rachelle Dene Poth. It is vital to stay informed of emerging trends. These future of learning ideas can help you stay informed and build the skills needed in 2030.
Mastery Learning Objectives and Mastery Thresholds in the Classroom
By: Scott Ellis To implement mastery learning and enable students to move forward at their own pace as they master content, five elements must be in place. It does not matter whether they are in MasteryTrack or another system, but without them, mastery learning at scale is not possible. Specific,…
4 Ways Project-Based Learning Prepares Students For the Future of Work
By: Michael Niehoff. Michael demonstrates how high-quality project-based learning effectively advances students’ core skills for the future of work.