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iNACOL Publishes Guidance on Moving Education from Current to Future State
Current to Future State: Issues and Action Steps for State Policy to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning This report provides a roadmap and action steps for state policymakers to catalyze transformational change in K-12 education toward a future vision for systems … Continue reading
iNACOL Releases: Quality and Equity by Design: Charting the Course for the Next Phase of Competency-Based Education
This publication seeks to advance K-12 competency education along four key issues: quality, equity, meeting students where they are, and policy. K-12 education in the United States and across the world is at a critical point in its evolution, and … Continue reading
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Focusing on family buy-in, a Connecticut district shifts to mastery-based learning
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — When Kylie Jones brings home her report card, it doesn’t have any A’s, B’s or C’s. The Windsor Locks High School freshman belongs to the first cohort of students going through middle and high school under … Continue reading
Clarifying the Overall Pedagogical Approach
Posted on iNACOL.org on December 29, 2016 in New Learning Models, Practice by Chris Sturgis. This is the eighth article in the series Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders. Links to the other articles in this series … Continue reading
3 Ways New England States Have Advanced Competency-Based Education
An in-depth report dives into how New England states are trying to help students graduate high school with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed. Competency-based education has a strong hold in New England. Five of the six northeastern … Continue reading
Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education in New England
Competency education is expanding across the country as a means to ensure all students are mastering the skills and knowledge to be successful in college, career and civic life. This paper explores the core concepts of competency education, provides insights … Continue reading
Can testing save arts education?
Teachers hope exams will make arts matter as much as math and English KINGSTON, N.H. — It sounded like an ordinary assignment for a visual arts class: Teacher Karen Ladd asked her freshmen at Sanborn Regional High School to research … Continue reading
Information and Resources from CompetencyWorks
Educators in competency-based schools have raised an important issue – how to cover grade-level standards while meeting kids where they are in their learning, particularly when a student’s performance is well below grade level. Chris Sturgis shares take-aways on this … Continue reading