Flipping the Script on Schooling: A CBE Reading List
Thanks for all the support and encouragement about Wired for Brilliance [working title]. Sydney and I still have a ways to go to get it published. I also received a…
Category: Insights into Implementation
On Leadership: A Conversation with Michael Velasquez
This has been adapted from article published by Washington State’s Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative. When I was working with WA’s Mastery-Based Collaborative I had the opportunity to speak with Michael…
How Do States Launch Efforts for Competency-Based Education
Over the past 15 years there have multiple efforts by states to launch initiatives to modernize schools using the research on learning. Some introduce social-emotional learning. Some focus on personalization…
What Do We Know About CBE Through Evaluations?
This is an updated article originally published in 2019. Where’s the beef? Are you old enough to remember the Wendy’s slogan? It’s now a more general question about the value…
Beyond $$: How to Sustain Competency-Based Education
Please note: This article is ever-under construction as everyone I talk with has another incredible valuable insight. When it comes to creating state policy to sustain competency-based education (CBE is…
Summer Learning
What do you want to learn this summer? Here are a few of the options available on project-based learning, grading for equity, and classroom practices that might be helpful for…
Finding Your Entry Point to Mastery Learning
I receive a few emails every week from educators who want to find out how to get started down the path of competency-based education. The pandemic’s demand for flexibility has…
Steps Toward Maturity: Introducing the Concept of Student Autonomy (Part 2)
In the first part of this series, I call for us to be strategic in how we communicate the concepts related to student agency to the general public while also…
Steps Toward Maturity: Making Meaning of the Mindsets and Skills for Student Agency (Part 1)
Student agency is a phrase that is nearly impossible to use in everyday language and is certainly not a phrase that parents use to describe their children. “Look at the…
Shining the Competency Education Light on Education in the Time of Covid19
Has Covid19 lifted the window of opportunity for a massive transformation of the education system? During several presentations on rethinking schools and the future of education, many of the speakers…