Cracking the Code: Synchronizing Policy & Practice for Performance-Based Learning
As our country embarks upon the transformation
to next generation learning, our understanding
of what makes good policy must also be transformed.
Once focused on regulated process and compliance,
state policymakers are seeking ways to open space for
breakthrough innovations that…
It’s Not a Matter of Time:Highlights from 2011 Competency-Based Learning Summit
From Anchorage, Alaska, to Orlando, Florida,
and from gray, Maine, to Yuma, Arizona, one
hundred competency-based innovators gathered
at the Competency-Based Learning Summit in
March 2011. Sponsored by the Council of Chief
State School Officers (CCSSO) and the International
How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education
Carpenter, a serious-faced 10-year-old wearing a gray T-shirt and an impressive black digital watch, pauses for a second, fidgets, then clicks on “0 degrees.” Presto: The computer tells him that he’s correct. The software then generates another problem, followed by another, and yet another, until he’s nailed 10 in a…
The Disruption of Blended Learning
Blended learning isn’t like other technology-driven movements in education. It isn’t about supporting current instructional models. In fact, just the opposite, according to researcher and education analyst Heather Staker: It’s about eliminating the “monolithic, factory-based architecture of today’s school system” altogether.