Don’t Miss These Webinars
There are more and more webinars coming up on proficiency-based or competency-based learning. We list them on Upcoming Events to
April 10, 2014
Archives: CompetencyWorks
A Tide of Understanding
Lately, I have been pondering how to help educators better visualize a progression of learning targets while warning them to
April 10, 2014
A Tale of Two States
I had a quick conversation with Sal Khan last month that really highlighted the importance of the questions, What do
April 9, 2014
Chewing on Learning Progressions: Some Food For Thought
One of the big pushes in our district (and many others throughout Maine) is customized learning: students working at their
April 7, 2014
Learning My Lesson
I had asked my ninth grade students to write a “last” chapter to the novel Seedfolks by Paul Fleischmann we
April 3, 2014
Gateways, Not Grades
This is the second of a two-part series on Making Community Connections Charter School. Click here for Part 1. In
April 2, 2014
Igniting Learning at the Making Community Connections Charter School
This is the first of a two-part series about Making Community Connections Charter School. Click here for Part 2. “As
April 1, 2014
Voices from the Field: Growth Mindset
We’ve been hearing a lot recently about the importance of these attributes through the work of Pink, Duckworth and Dweck.
March 31, 2014
Listening to Our Critics: Offering Multiple Assessments on the Path to Proficiency
I read an article today about a company that scours through comments and complaints from customers on Amazon to find
March 28, 2014
Audacious Thinking
I was recently reading about Google X. We often think of the Google workplace as the sandbox of Millennials. It
March 28, 2014