Posted December 6, 2018 in Research by iNACOL Staff
On Nov. 19, 2018, noted educator, researcher and author Eliot Levine became iNACOL’s Research Director. He will spearhead our knowledge management and research agenda, lead project management of CompetencyWorks, with charge over our work of studying and sharing promising practices shaping the future of K-12 personalized, competency-based education. “I am thrilled to join iNACOL as […]
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Posted November 27, 2018 in New Learning Models, Policy by Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education released guidance outlining how states can amend their state plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The ESSA State Plan amendment process offers an opportunity for continuous improvement of state education systems, toward greater coherence. According to the guidelines, a state wishing to make an amendment will […]
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Posted November 8, 2018 in competency education, Policy by Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong, Susan Patrick
Throughout this blog series, we focused on strategy for policy to support systems change over the long haul toward competency-based systems that ensure mastery for all students and equity for all. There is a need to approach state policy with a long view, to build a vision toward the future with coherent, student-centered systems and […]
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Posted November 8, 2018 in personalized learning, Policy by Maria Worthen
This blog provides some reflections on the 2018 midterm elections, with three takeaways for transforming education: educator voices were multiplied; representation matters; and the new pluralism in Congress will reinvigorate education debates. At iNACOL, our mission is to drive the transformation of education systems and accelerate the advancement of breakthrough policies and practices to ensure […]
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Posted November 8, 2018 in competency education, professional learning by Katherine Casey
Educators are vital to developing and expanding competency-based education. Where competency-based education is most successful, it has been shaped and sustained by teams of innovative teacher-leaders. Today, CompetencyWorks released a new report, Moving Toward Mastery: Growing, Developing and Sustaining Educators for Competency-Based Education to address these challenges head on. It describes the roles educators play […]
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Posted November 1, 2018 in Accountability, New Learning Models by Donell McNeal
“To create a learner driven environment, we must move from compliance to autonomy. Each member of the team needs to assess where they are, where they are going, and humbly accept feedback to GROW.” This week, my friend and colleague, Nichole Velasquez and I left Boise, Idaho for Nashville, Tennessee. The reason…to put ourselves in […]
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Posted October 30, 2018 in competency education, Policy by Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong, Susan Patrick
Creating an education system that prepares every student to succeed requires systemic transformation to high-quality, personalized, competency-based education. Today, the prevailing traditional, one-size-fits-all K-12 education model, is not meeting the unique needs of learners. Too many students are falling through the cracks, not graduating, or graduating unprepared for success after high school. School districts across […]
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Posted October 19, 2018 in competency education, personalized learning, Policy by Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong, Susan Patrick
In this blog series we are exploring what it would take to move toward a future state of education that is purpose-built for student-centered learning. Moving toward a competency-based education model requires fundamental shifts in the systems, structures and assumptions that the traditional model of education is rooted in. We need bold leadership to transform […]
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Posted October 16, 2018 in Leadership, New Learning Models by Pamela Cantor
Every day, children arrive at school carrying backpacks filled with personal experiences. Many of these experiences are positive, but others are stressful, even traumatizing. I have spent much of my professional life, first as a child psychiatrist in private practice, and then as the founder of Turnaround for Children, unpacking how the relationships and experiences […]
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Posted October 12, 2018 in Accountability, Policy by Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong, Susan Patrick
Assessment is integral to the process of teaching and learning. Teachers should be constantly checking for their students’ understanding in formal and informal ways. They are checking for understanding with formative assessment, tracking progress with interim assessment, and checking mastery of standards with summative assessment. And yet, “assessment” today in the United States is often […]
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