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Experts Weigh in on Competency-Based Education

Competency-based approaches to learning—where learning becomes stretched by pace and path—are a game-changer for schools focused on deeper learning outcomes.
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Finding True North: A Joyful Learning Experience at Valor Collegiate Academy

Do you equate your work with joy on a daily basis? One charter school has created just that kind of environment—for its students and faculty.
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How Blended Learning Can Support Student Agency

Blended learning puts students in the driver’s seat of learning by increasing their voice, choice, and motivation.
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How Competency-based Learning Can Support Student Agency

When students design their own pathway, are free to fail/free to learn, and demonstrate mastery through self-directed assessment, student agency thrives.
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How Next Gen Learning Can Support Student Agency

Ownership. Freedom. Respect. Trust. Courage. Souls on Fire. Find out what student agency is and why it’s so important to education today.
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How Project-based Learning Can Support Student Agency

Authentic learning experiences, reflection, student voice and choice, and connections to community elevate project-based learning by honoring student agency.
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The Importance of Social Emotional Learning in K-12 Education

Why is it that Thrive Public Schools feels so strongly that blended learning must be paired with social-emotional learning?
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It’s About Self-Directed Learning

Students in Summit Public Schools “Optimized Learning” model learn how to direct their own learning and are supported in their efforts. Diane Tavenner explains what this looks like.
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It’s Time to Trash the Terms “Non-Cogs” and “Soft Skills”

Andy Calkins presents an argument for new language that is more accurate, less comparative, and less antagonistic.
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K-12 Roundup of Digital Tools & Content

You’re probably painfully aware of the fact that the field of digital content and platforms is constantly evolving. To help you sort through what’s available, check out this curated list.