Blending toward competency: A closer look at blended learning in New Hampshire
Blended learning comes in various shapes and sizes in New Hampshire. In 2007, Exeter Region Cooperative School District (SAU 16) in Exeter, N.H., applied for […]
Blended learning comes in various shapes and sizes in New Hampshire. In 2007, Exeter Region Cooperative School District (SAU 16) in Exeter, N.H., applied for […]
May 21, 2014
By Julia Freeland Based on a small, early-stage sampling of schools in New Hampshire, this white paper describes how blended-learning models that tend to be disruptive relative to the traditional classroom appear especi...
May 20, 2014
Last week, we published the first paper in a two-part series on competency-based education. That paper investigates what competency-based education means in practice in New […]
May 16, 2014
Today we released the first in a series of papers looking at important progress afoot in the state of New Hampshire: “From policy to practice: […]
May 7, 2014
By Julia Freeland New Hampshire has been a trailblazer among states in catalyzing competency-based education at the high school level. This case study looks at how 13 schools in New Hampshire are undergoing the transiti...
May 6, 2014
Late last year I wrote about the potential for Federal Youth CareerConnect grants to spur competency-based models in high schools and communities. This week, President […]
Apr 9, 2014
Two weeks ago, Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr unveiled a detailed strategic plan for overhauling the county’s struggling alternative school program. The […]
Mar 14, 2014
A new paper out this week titled, A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education, helps to highlight how federal education law stymies competency-based learning. […]
Feb 4, 2014
The crux of competency-based education is that students advance only upon mastery. This is a deeply logical approach to unlock each individual student’s ability to […]
Jan 29, 2014
Why people thought that the massive open online course (MOOC) providers would disrupt U.S. higher education by themselves by simply offering traditional university courses online […]
Dec 12, 2013