Innovative High School Schedules
[…] The Summit Learning platform allows for a high degree of self-directed learning. They also have 2-week expeditions between quarters (8 weeks/year). Building 21 is a network of competency-based high schools. Their central unit of design is a studio–a 6-12 week learning experience designed around a set of competencies. Each studio starts with a problem […]
The Future of Elementary Education: Literacy Launchpads that Ensure Literacy for All
[…] These educators have extensive training in evidence-based literacy strategies and have a deep understanding of how to support students in mastering foundational reading and writing skills. ● Competency-Based Assessment-Driven Instruction: The Launchpad utilizes frequent and thorough competency-based assessments to identify each student’s literacy strengths and weaknesses. This data guides the development of personalized, assessment-driven […]
How to Co-Design Curriculum: Fostering Inclusivity through Shared Family Narratives
By: Jimmy McCue Embark Education is a competency-based school driven by the authentic integration of learning in projects at our enterprise, Pinwheel Coffee and co-authored learning experiences. My own collaboration with a group of learners has brought a transformative and deeply personalized dimension to learning. Rather than design and ask my colleagues for feedback […]
Meet the Culture Hackers: Microcredentials Aren’t Just for Students
By: Robert Thornton. Harmony Public Schools takes a competency-based approach to professional learning by awarding microcredentials to reinforce the skill-sets they believe are critical to success across a variety of roles within their system.
What’s the EdTech Vaccine? 10 Design Principles
[…] and better tools. We could use more : Philanthropic funding for new school models (like NewSchoools Venture Fund, Walton’s Innovative Schools Program, and VELA); Sponsored partnerships between competency-based systems and edtech providers (like Lindsay USD and Empower and Latitude High and Headrush); Support for community conversations considering broader outcomes frameworks like Building Blocks from Turnaround and Portrait of […]
A Vision for Transformative Education
Read this excerpt from the upcoming book Worldwise Learning: A Teacher’s Guide to Shaping a Just, Sustainable Future.
The Great Education Unbundling and How Learning Will be Rebundled
[…] degree. In response to rising costs, new forms of higher ed have emerged around the edges. Twenty years ago, Western Governors University launched an affordable self-paced and competency-based model. Almost 10 years ago, massively open online courses (MOOC) broke onto the scene with free courses from the world’s best professors. Coursera was launched by two […]
The Four C’s of Student Success
Stephanie Malia Krauss explores how the 4C’s of student success must be pursued with as much attention, passion, and focus as the 4C’s of reopening schools.
Amplifying Student Voice to Design the Vision for Learning
[…] as we become more knowledgeable and experienced with this model of learning. For example, a key element of learning in EDGE is a focus on mastery and competency-based learning. As we navigate implementing competency-based learning at the high school level in a traditional grading system, there are a variety of complexities. One success has […]
Four Key Lessons from Utah for Accelerating and Expanding Learner-Centered Education
[…] stakeholders – parents, students, business owners and the like – to define the desired whole-learner outcomes in a Portrait of a Graduate and in response, design the Personalized, Competency-based Learning (PCBL) Framework, a guiding document for educators who are creating the conditions and designing the environment for students to develop the autonomous skills identified in […]
