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EPIC North: Changing the Educational Trajectories of Black and Latino Young Men
The following is a compilation of my two visits to EPIC North in NYC in 2014-16. The series was originally published at CompetencyWorks
For about two years, I spent an hour every afternoon on the phone with a fourteen-year-old who was struggling to figure out what it meant to be himself,….. Read More
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Locations: New York
The Swannanoa School Design
This is the third article in a four-part series on Swannanoa School in New Zealand. Start here.
Each year, the team at Swannanoa School creates a new Manawa Line (heart line) that helps to recommit to the vision and goals…… Read More
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Locations: New Zealand
What’s in Your (Skills) Wallet?
IMS Global is reporting that progress is being made in creating the infrastructure to make badges (and I assume microcredentials) a viable way of communicating what you know and can do. There was a great panel by folks from Credly, Badgr and My Mantl on the efforts of the IMS workgroup Badge Connect API…… Read More
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What’s the Difference Between Microcredentials and Badges?
I’m at the IMS Global Digital Credentials Summit and my head is spinning. Everything is competency. Employers are creating competencies for all their positions. They are struggling to develop skill frameworks that are robust enough to have several levels of knowledge and skills, flexible enough that employees can build and demonstrate knowledge and skills in multiple ways,….. Read More
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IMS Global: Toward a Common Language
The following is the keynote at IMS Global Digital Credentials Summit.
In some ways, we are all here because we are stewards of our future. We are here — K12, higher ed, workforce development, employers — because we are all engaged in modernizing our education system and the overall workforce development system…… Read More
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Swannanoa Values: Finding Treasures Along the Greenstone Trail
This is the second article in a four-part series on Swannanoa School in New Zealand. Start here.
Swannanoa, like other schools in New Zealand, is expected to build strong relationships with the local iwi (tribe) as part of its accountability to the community and for upholding the Treaty of Waitangi…… Read More
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Learning Edge January 2019 Recap
Here are the highlights from Learning Edge in January 2019. As always, let me know if you have questions you’d like me to delve into. Happy reading!
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Hobsonville Point Secondary School
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Swannanoa School: Where People Are the Most Important Thing in the World
This is the first article in a four-part series on Swannanoa School in New Zealand. You can also find articles on Hobsonville and Karori Normal School here.
At one point during my visit to Swannanoa School,….. Read More
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Locations: New Zealand
Learning to Use the National Curriculum at Karori Normal School
The series on Aotearoa New Zealand continues here with the second article on Karori Normal School.
The beauty of NZ’s National Curriculum is that can be tailored to any community. Everywhere I went in New Zealand, the principals all said the same thing…… Read More
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Locations: New Zealand
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