5 Reasons Why Competency Education Can Lead Us to Improved Quality and More Equity
Ensuring quality and equity is as the heart of the movement to transform education toward personalized, competency-based learning. By placing
June 21, 2016
Archives: CompetencyWorks
Time Matters: How We Use Flexible Time to Design Higher and Deeper Learning
When learning is done on a deeper level, it takes longer to accomplish. Thus, learning experiences that allow students to
June 20, 2016
Contributing Factors and Measurable Outcomes of Student-Centered Learning
A very important new research opportunity is available – Students at the Center, a project of Jobs for the Future,
June 17, 2016
8 Ways Blended Districts Can Implement a Competency-Based Structure
Districts that have introduced blended learning may share the common philosophy with competency-based schools that students learn differently, requiring schools
June 16, 2016
6 Ways to Eliminate Attribution Error on the Path to Equity in Competency-Based Systems
In order to create an equitable education system, we need to reduce the predictive value of race, gender, class, and
June 15, 2016
Tackling Issues of Equity in Personalized Learning
Personalized learning has become a critical element of most next generation learning models, as we are faced with the challenge
June 14, 2016
Show You Know it: Scenes from a Performance-Based High School
This post originally appeared at SparkAction on May 11, 2016. Many students switch to a new building for high school.
June 13, 2016
How Misconceptions About Competency Education Could Undermine Equity
For several years, the fields of personalized learning, competency-based education, and blended learning were having definitional issues with the terms
June 13, 2016
How Competency Education Drives Equity
Equity is at the heart of competency education. It developed in response to the time-based A-F graded system, which allows
June 10, 2016
Addressing Equity Issues in Personalized, Competency-Based Learning
Innovators and early adopters of competency education want to do right by kids. This means being empowered to make decisions
June 9, 2016