Keeping the Why
Recently, I found myself at a conference sponsored by the Maine Curriculum Leaders’ Association. The purpose: to discuss where we
July 8, 2015
Archives: CompetencyWorks
Lesson Learned: Enabling Policy Isn’t Enough, It takes Incentives
Ohio offers all of us a big lesson learned about how states can advance competency education. They have learned from
July 7, 2015
Summer Reading for Newbies: What is Competency Education?
When Susan Patrick and I started working together in 2009, there were two things written about competency education. There was
July 6, 2015
More Schools Going Mastery
The Mastery Collaborative, a program based in New York City’s Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Readiness, announced the eight
July 2, 2015
Can MOOCs Become System-Builders?
Something really special happens in the second or third year of implementation in schools that are applying competency education with the spirit
July 1, 2015
Summer Reading: What Does Competency Education Look Like?
Here is a list of examples of what competency education looks like in different districts and individual schools (over-age/undercredit/high school/middle
June 30, 2015
Summer Reading: Building a System
I received a number of emails asking for a recommend reading list for competency education for summer reading. We are
June 29, 2015
Schools for the Future: Record-Setting Results
Students at Schools for the Future in Detroit gained an average of 2.5 years across all four tested subjects on
June 24, 2015
Insights from ReSchool Colorado: Ensuring Quality and Equity
My conversation with Amy Anderson and Colleen Broderick, the ReSchool Colorado team at the Donnell-Kay Foundation (see Thinking Way, Way,
June 22, 2015
How Often Do We Have Bob Crumley, Virgel Hammonds, and Derek Hamilton all Together?
That’s what is happening on June 25th at 2 pm ET. Join us for the CompetencyWorks webinar on Implementing Competency
June 22, 2015