Meeting Working Adults Where They Are

by Katherine Prince May 2, 2013

As colleges and universities seek new value propositions to attract students amid an increasing array of choices, the University of Southern New Hampshire’s College for America has launched a competency-based associate’s degree that seeks to make college accessible while also addressing what they describe as a nationwide workforce crisis.

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CBEpalooza

by Jesse Moyer May 1, 2013

My goal on this trip was to wrap my arms around what implementation at a school level might look like as the state transitions to proficiency-based diplomas. This is particularly interesting in Maine because each district, and in some case each school, is permitted to set their own proficiency standards and implement their own models.

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Systems Change – Five New England States at a Time

by Lillian Pace April 30, 2013

A truly remarkable education transformation is underway in five New England states – CT, ME, NH, RI, and VT – inspired by the idea that every child can graduate from high school with the skills and knowledge to succeed in life. This transformation – called proficiency-based learning (aka: competency, mastery, or standards-based) – flips the education system on its head, providing multiple pathways, extra time, and intensive supports for a truly customized learning experience.

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The Emerging Federal Role for Competency Education

by Lillian Pace April 25, 2013

KnowledgeWorks’ sheds light on this challenge in our first competency education policy brief released today: An Emerging Federal Role for Competency Education. The goals of this publication are to not only familiarize policymakers with the paradigm shift happening in K-12 schools across the country, but to also bring to the forefront the fact that federal law makes it challenging for a state, district, or school to pursue this approach

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They Should Make a New Tech College

by Jeanne Bernish April 18, 2013

When I first met Cindy Arteaga it was 2011, and we were beginning a story-telling project with our New Tech Network subsidiary about reimagining education at METSA, a New Tech Network school in Carrollton, Texas (A Return to METSA). Cindy was a student identified to represent the school, an inner ring school-within-a-school outside of Dallas [...]

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At New Tech Network, data worth noting

by Byron McCauley April 11, 2013

The New Tech Network (NTN) approach to education has recognized sucess. Classrooms are powered by project-based learning with the seamless integration of technology. Inside New Tech Network schools’ non-traditional classrooms (no rows of desks or books, for example) you will usually find students working in small teams who are upbeat and interested in their work. [...]

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A return to METSA

by Jeanne Bernish April 9, 2013

I am in Dallas,Texas for “Breakthroughs in Education: The 2013 National Forum on K-12 Philanthropy” and, happily, the first site visit to start off the day was to METSA, a school within a school at R.L. Turner High School in Carrollton, Texas. I was last in Dallas in 2011 to shoot this MicroDocumentaries video on [...]

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Perfectly measured portions

by Jeanne Bernish April 5, 2013

In our industrialized delivery of education students are delivered learning by the scoopful. What isn’t necessary is rinsed away. If outcomes are predicted to be harder to achieve we simply add more soap. Everything is washed on a timed cycle and when the cycle is over we move the load on down the line. But what if each student in America were delivered a perfectly measured pod of curriculum each day based on their individual learning needs? And when they proved mastery of that material they could a) go home for the day or b) study something else that interested them?

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Teaching finance to kids, and their teachers

by Jeanne Bernish April 2, 2013

But what happens if the parents lack the skills themselves to teach the concept of compounding interest? In Ohio the answer was clear – add basic personal financial acumen to the high school graduation requirement. With the new requirement also came a raft of questions – how do schools integrate basic financial knowledge into the curriculum? And how do teachers teach personal finance when many lack basic knowledge of finance to begin with? The answer for many communities in Ohio (and elsewhere) may lie with public/private efforts like the one created at the Economics Center at the University of Cincinnati.

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High School Race to the Top: 10 Essential Elements for High School Reform and College and Career Ready Success

by Lillian Pace March 28, 2013

As a social enterprise with more than a decade of experience in high school reform, KnowledgeWorks knows what a successful high school looks like. High School Race to the Top: 10 Essential Elements for High School Reform and College and Career Ready Success combines knowledge from our recent educational futures publication, Forecast 3.0, Recombinant Education: Regenerating the Learning Ecosystem,and the experience of our subsidiary organizations who serve on the front lines of high school reform to recommend 10 Essential Elements for a High School Race to the Top competition. Together, these elements represent a new vision for education that puts students at the center, empowering them to take charge of their high school, college, and career success

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