Competency-Based Education
Competency-Based Education implies leaving behind the A-F grading scale and designing instruction that includes explicit, measurable, transferable learning objectives to empower students with specificity in their learning and at its best, enables them to move at their own pace (often coupled with personalized learning). It also emphasizes the same departure of other modern pedagogy in that students create knowledge and the ability to use that knowledge going forward. This topic impacts credentialing, mastery and assessment.
Why High-Quality Learning Opportunities Must Be Personalized to Each Learner
First-Year Insights into Building a Truly Learner-Centered Approach with SparkNC
Kindling the Spark: How the Portrait of a Graduate Becomes the Catalyst for Transformation
How to Design Schools to Grow Thriving Adults: A Provocation
Fostering Student-Centered Environments: From Teacher Assessed through Grades to Self, Peer, Expert Feedback and Critique
Grades improve short-term learning on standardized tests but fail in critical thinking and knowledge retention. Feedback and critique offer a more effective alternative.
Designing Competency-Based Models for Students by Students
The Growth Framework from One Stone is a great way to ensure quality no matter what your school's growth plan is.
Sneakers, Signals, and Systems: A New Era in Education
There’s something in the water at education conferences — sneakers have become the new conference dress code. This shift toward individuality, comfort and practicality is also representative of transformations we’re seeing in education. The 2024 Carnegie Summit marked not just a gathering of minds but a convergence of ideas…
Design Integrated Learning Pathways to Realize Your Portrait of a Graduate
Shifting Education with Learning Pathways: Becoming Your Portrait of a Graduate shares a systematic approach to integration of a PoG.