iNACOL’s annual conference is the industry’s leading event shaping the future of K-12 education. Experts, practitioners, educators, policymakers and researchers gather and work to transform education.
Schools and districts across the United States are realizing the promise of competency-based education – transforming the culture and structure of the traditional time-based system into one that is designed to help every student succeed. Join this webinar to hear Susan…
This post first appeared on CompetencyWorks on December 20, 2018. Competency-based education believes that all students, with the right supports, can learn. Similarly, advocates of competency-based education believe that all educators, with the rights supports, can learn the skills needed to help each and every student to learn. Personalized, competency-based education is rooted in the […]
Last week, the College Board announced the Environmental Context Dashboard, a new tool to support admissions decisions with a composite score to accompany SAT results that could provide admissions officers with more information about students’ educational and socioeconomic backgrounds. Quickly dubbed the “Adversity Score,” the announcement set off wide-ranging debates in education circles, notably at […]
States and school districts around the nation are advancing policies to support the shift toward student-centered education models with personalized, competency-based learning. iNACOL is frequently asked to offer guidance on how to fund the initiatives and structures that support this transformation, and to that end, we released State Funding Strategies to Support Education Innovation. The […]
As states, districts and schools around the nation begin redesigning education systems that to better support students to thrive in the future, they are naturally operating in different landscapes to launch their work from different entry points. One issue that several states contend with is how to fund their transformation efforts. In our recent issue […]
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 […]
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 […]
In a competency-based system, students need multiple, high-quality pathways to high school graduation, higher education and the workforce. In the same way, educators need multiple, high-quality pathways to credentials, advancement and development. For pre-service training, policymakers can consider ways to leverage micro-credentials and other avenues to certify knowledge already gained through multiple pathways. Teaching candidates, […]
It is such an honor to open the 2018 iNACOL Symposium. Susan Patrick and iNACOL have consistently supplied remarkable leadership in the push to innovate our outdated education model. I’m also thrilled to share the stage with Carlos Moreno and Tony Monfiletto, two leaders who lean into innovation and outside-the-box thinking while never losing sight […]
State policymakers know our current K-12 education systems do not prepare all students for success after high school. Unfortunately, to fix this reality, most state policy agendas for education focus on short-term initiatives, programs or marginal changes. This often leads to educational improvements for only a small subset of students. The good news is that […]
For states beginning their journeys to student-centered learning, a powerful strategy that policymakers can start with is to create space for local educators to lead this transformation with innovation zones. Innovation zones offer school districts a way to request waivers or exemptions from regulations and statutes to implement groundbreaking learning environments. They enable state leaders […]
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