Good Work: Tapping the Dark Matter
This post was originally published by Getting Smart on April 14, 2013. “Education is like the night sky; edreform
April 26, 2013
Archives: CompetencyWorks
How Many Conversations?
Systems consultant Judith Enright, in the Maine Center for Best Practice video on the Western Maine Education Collaborative, reminds us,
April 25, 2013
Should Every Student Be in A Competency-Based System?
In a discussion with Lillian Pace from KnowledgeWorks this morning, the fascinating question of whether every student should be in
April 22, 2013
Time’s Up: US Department of Education Approves First College to Ditch the Credit Hour
For more than 100 years, the time-based credit hour has been the currency of higher education. Originally created to calculate
April 22, 2013
Rethinking Teacher Evaluation for the Competency-Based Grading & Reporting Environment
Introduction: Rethinking the Effectiveness of the Dog & Pony Show Model During my first three years as a high school
April 17, 2013
How to Utilize Your Greatest Assets
Our district set out on our journey to provide customized learning to all of our students in 2008 when we
April 15, 2013
The Three-Legged Stool of Competency Frameworks
I don’t know how I missed it, but in February New Hampshire released competencies that will be used as the
April 11, 2013
Personalizing Competency Education
Based on school visits across the country, I have come to believe that competency education needs a large dose of
April 10, 2013
Unleashed to Learn: Book Highlights Performance Assessment
A new book by Linda C. Aronson, Unleashed to Learn: Empowering Students to Learn at Full Capacity, makes a clear
April 4, 2013
Does the NCAA Allow Online Courses or Competency-Based Education?
Does the NCAA allow online courses for high school athletes to be eligible for college? The short answer is yes,
April 1, 2013