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Personalized, Competency-Based Learning Can and Should Replace Tracking – Here’s Why

Explore a series of 13 comparisons to demonstrate how tracking can and should be replaced with personalized, competency-based learning.

Published: November 16, 2021
Topics: Education Equity
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Let’s Face It: Tracking Is Intentional Systemic Inequity

Why tracking is problematic and what we can do about it.

Published: November 2, 2021
Topics: Education Equity
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Connecting on a Human Level Starts with a Smile

Helping students feel valued and like they belong can start with an act as small as a smile.

Published: February 23, 2021
Topics: Future of Learning, Vision and Culture
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Standards, Assessments, Access: How the Pandemic Provides an Opportunity for More Equitable Education

What do we want for schools? We can take advantage of the opportunity to rethink teaching and learning by exploring...

Published: September 4, 2020
Topics: Education Equity
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Everyone Has a “Why.” Do You Know the “Whys” in Your Learning Community?

Starting with the “Why” behind the decisions we make about teaching and learning is powerful.

Published: January 11, 2019
Topics: 101
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What We Want for Students We Have to Want for Teachers, Too

When a teacher feels trusted and is empowered, everyone wins.

Published: September 5, 2018
Topics: 101, Building Capacity
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Superintendent as a Verb

Superintendent may be your title, but what if we treated superintendent as a verb, instead?

Published: August 29, 2018
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Personalizing Learning: Don’t Lose Sight of Your Why

Personalizing learning is hard work. It’s important to not lose sight of why you’re doing it, and why it’s best...

Published: June 11, 2018
Topics: 101, Vision and Culture
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Personalized, Competency-Based Learning for All Kids: The Time to Act is Now

"Our children are counting on us to deliver on the passion, the enthusiasm and the opportunities they aspire to achieve...

Published: April 17, 2018
Topics: 101
Publication
From Vision to Reality: Personalized, Competency-Based Learning for All Kids

This publication is designed to help school districts take steps toward personalized, competency-based learning.

Published: April 5, 2018
Topics: 101, Vision and Culture
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New Toolkit Offers Guidance on Crafting Your Vision for Personalized Learning

A strong vision will help you sustain personalized, competency-based learning at scale.

Published: March 19, 2018
Topics: 101, Vision and Culture
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A Conversation About Creating a Future-Ready Vision for Your Community

Katie King and Virgel Hammonds discuss the ways KnowledgeWorks approaches visioning work.

Published: March 9, 2018
Topics: Future of Learning, Vision and Culture
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Visioning Toolkit: Laying the Groundwork for a Community-Wide Vision for Personalized Learning

A community-wide vision for personalized learning is essential for a successful implementation of personalized learning.

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One Standard, Two Students: What Demonstrating Mastery Looks Like

In a traditional classroom, every students takes a test, writes a paper or gives a presentation to satisfy the same...

Published: January 25, 2018
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How One Graduate Helped Shape Her Education

It’s graduation season, and one of the most rewarding experiences is hearing about the successes of learners I’ve had the...

Published: June 6, 2017
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Competency-Based Education: Helping One Graduate to Help Others

Graduation is a special time of year, and it’s great to see how our learners are doing exceptional things as...

Published: May 30, 2017
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2017 Experience Conference: Making Dreams Come True

Join education leaders at the 2017 KnowledgeWorks Experience Conference to network and discuss personalized learning, early college and CBE.

Published: January 25, 2017
Topics: Early College High School
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A look into the classroom: Competency vs. traditional education

Our new video, “Competency Education and Personalized Learning,” explores the differences between competency-based and traditional school models.

Published: October 12, 2016
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The Conditions Necessary to Move from a Traditional School District to a True Learning Community

With the right conditions all in place, you can transition from a traditional school district to a true learning community.

Published: September 12, 2016
Topics: Education Policy, ESSA
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4 Ways to Choose a Better Curriculum

Curriculum should deliver on what a learning community really needs to support its vision for learning - and selected with...

Published: June 20, 2016
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All Kids Can Learn: Three Key Tenets for Educators

We believe that: all kids can learn, can achieve at high levels, and can learn in different ways and different...

Published: June 6, 2016
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Personalizing Learning Today Prepares Students for Tomorrow

We need to prepare students not for the world they’re living in when they enter the classroom at 5 years...

Published: May 25, 2016
Topics: Future of Learning
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What does competency-based instruction look like, anyway?

Competency-based education engages students in meaningful ways and empowers them to take ownership of their learning. But what does it...

Published: May 23, 2016
Topics: Education Policy, ESSA
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It’s Elemental: An #EdTech Roundup

Much like the scientific periodic table is organized into categories, the Periodic Table of #EdTech organizes resources by type of...

Published: April 13, 2016
Topics: Early College High School