What does competency-based education have to do with disruption Julia Freeland Fisher What does competency-based education have to do with disruption 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 Julia Freeland Fisher
Letting go of time-based practices: A closer look at what’s happening in New Hampshire Julia Freeland Fisher Letting go of time-based practices: A closer look at what’s happening in New Hampshire 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 Julia Freeland Fisher
From policy to practice:How competency-based education is evolving in New Hampshire Julia Freeland Fisher From policy to practice:How competency-based education is evolving in New Hampshire 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 Julia Freeland Fisher
Software vendors shouldn’t ignore the groundwork for edtech Julia Freeland Fisher Software vendors shouldn’t ignore the groundwork for edtech This week at the ASU+GSV conference—an enormous education innovation Summit held each year in Phoenix—Evan Marwell, founder of Education Superhighway, gave a lecture in a […] Apr 25, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
How laws (and judges) contemplate innovation Julia Freeland Fisher How laws (and judges) contemplate innovation People working in education policy often talk about the virtues of “opening up” space for innovation. Besides overtures of deregulation, this effort often manifests in […] Apr 15, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Will Youth CareerConnect disrupt or sustain? Julia Freeland Fisher Will Youth CareerConnect disrupt or sustain? 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 Julia Freeland Fisher
Alternatives to the traditional Julia Freeland Fisher Alternatives to the traditional 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 Julia Freeland Fisher
Improving information access or expanding students’ social capital? Julia Freeland Fisher Improving information access or expanding students’ social capital? Education technology stands to more efficiently expand not just what you know, but whom you know. Technology may be a tool to impart skills and […] Mar 7, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Is guidance enough? Julia Freeland Fisher Is guidance enough? This week the U.S. Department of Education’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) released new guidance regarding how schools and districts should protect student data when […] Feb 28, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
What are we using technology to scale? Julia Freeland Fisher What are we using technology to scale? As blended learning gains greater traction across the country, conversations around blended learning sometimes tend toward celebrating what technology can do rather than what it […] Feb 21, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Can pre-K blaze the way to disruption? Julia Freeland Fisher Can pre-K blaze the way to disruption? Pre-K is getting a lot of media attention lately, whether it’s De Blasio’s call for tax increases to fund pre-K in New York City, states […] Feb 11, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Illuminating federal barriers to competency-based education Julia Freeland Fisher Illuminating federal barriers to competency-based education 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 Julia Freeland Fisher