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It’s Not a Matter of Time
CCSSO and iNACOL believe that it is not a matter of time. Their summit in Denver highlights a system that has clear expectations, robust instructional options and verifies that students have met the expectations.
10 Customization Strategies
Listed are 10 Customization Strategies that need to be evaluated and executed by schools and education leaders.
iNACOL Report: Clearing the Path for Innovation
"Competency-based approaches offer a new value proposition for our education system," according to Susan Patrick, President and CEO of iNACOL.
Report: "Competency" Should Advance Students
New Report Claims “Competency-Based Pathways” as Necessary to Preparing Young People for the 21st Century
3 Big Ideas
Instant feedback from digital content will feed learning profiles which will personalize learning
10 Shifts that Change Everything
The 10 shifts that change everything about learning
The Four Systemic Problems in Education
The Bridgespan Group put out a series of articles on education reform needs. Here is a link to one of them -- four things that are keeping education from being excellent.
Metacog: Management, Mode, Motivation, Mastery
Learning to learn: becoming metacognitive of management, mode, motivation, and leading to mastery
Step Function Improvement
As the learning revolution matures, it is likely to be turbocharged by lessons about the neuropsychology of learning and motivation. I don’t think we know much about this and don’t use what we know very effectively, but we are likely to learn far more than we know in the coming decade.
Good Urban Schools: A Portfolio Approach
This paper, first written in 2004 with Jim Shelton, is one of the first descriptions of the portfolio approach to urban education.