How Competency-Based Education Can Transform K-12 and Connect with Higher Education
The growing interest in competency-based education was clearly on display at this year’s INACOL Symposium, and we had the privilege
November 28, 2016
Archives: CompetencyWorks
“This Isn’t What I Learned In School”: Teachers Share Learnings from New, Competency-Based High Schools
At iNACOL’s Blended and Online Learning Symposium this fall, Springpoint—a national organization that supports new and innovative high school models—led
November 22, 2016
How Can We “Do School Differently”? Lessons from Springpoint’s StorySLAM at iNACOL
At iNACOL’s Blended and Online Learning Symposium this fall, Springpoint hosted a StorySLAM—a session where principals, teachers, and students in
November 21, 2016
Crucial Mindsets
In order to transition to an effective learner-centered proficiency-based community, we have to make some important shifts in our stances
November 17, 2016
Treat or Treat? Competency-Based Learning Under ESSA
This post originally appeared at American Youth Policy Forum on October 31, 2016. As my own children are feverishly planning
November 16, 2016
Rollout Strategies
This is the eighteenth article in the series Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders. To date, there
November 15, 2016
Preparing for Leadership Lifts
This is the seventeenth article in the series Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders. The transition year(s)
November 14, 2016
Launching the Student-Centered Learning Research Collaborative
There is increasing evidence supporting the growth of student-centered learning (competency-based learning is one of the four elements) to promote
November 11, 2016
Telling Our Story
I am feeling really good that we are finally filling the gap of videos that communities can use to learn
November 9, 2016
Empowering Teachers
This is the sixteenth article in the series Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders. In competency-based schools,
November 8, 2016