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Laying the Foundation with Culture and Climate

Chris Sturgis June 21, 2020 No Comments

This article is the sixth in the Designing Performance-Based Learning at D51 series. A reminder: D51 uses the phrase performance-based learning or P-BL. The first of District 51’s five phases…

Predatory Grading

Chris Sturgis January 6, 2020 1 Comment

High school is a lot of things…and one of those things is that it is one long four year old game based on the rules set for grading. Students can…

Quality Design Principle #2: Commit to Equity

Chris Sturgis June 24, 2019 No Comments

“We aren’t just trying to close the achievement gap. That’s using a deficit model. When we started designing the school, we wanted to have a place where students discover the…

EPIC Schools: Putting Young Men of Color in the Center of the Design (Part 1)

Chris Sturgis June 1, 2019 No Comments

This series on Epic North High School, originally published at CompetencyWorks, was based on site visits in 2014 and 2016. See also South Bronx Community High School for another school…

A Deeper Dive into the EPIC North Design (Part 2)

Chris Sturgis June 1, 2019 No Comments

This series on Epic North High School, originally published at CompetencyWorks, was based on site visits in 2014 and 2016. See also South Bronx Community High School for another school…

IMS Global: Toward a Common Language

Chris Sturgis February 5, 2019 No Comments

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,…

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Laying the Foundation with Culture and Climate

Predatory Grading

Quality Design Principle #2: Commit to Equity

EPIC Schools: Putting Young Men of Color in the Center of the Design (Part 1)

A Deeper Dive into the EPIC North Design (Part 2)

IMS Global: Toward a Common Language