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Drawing on lessons learned by innovators and early adopters, this blog shares original research, knowledge, and a variety of perspectives from across the field of K-12 competency-based education.

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Competency-Based Education Across America

May 31, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

It Starts with Us: An Exploration of Teachers as Self-Directed Leaders

August 11, 2022

Sarah Hayes

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Activate Student Agency

Building Habits of Success with the BEST Self-Direction Toolkit

August 12, 2021

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Top 10 CompetencyWorks Blog Posts of 2020

January 1, 2021

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

New Hampshire’s Work Study Practices – Equity and Assessing For Growth

June 2, 2020

Jonathan Vander Els, Ellen Hume-Howard, Paul Leather

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Recognizing the Critical Importance of Metacognition

May 29, 2020

Jonathan Vander Els, Ellen Hume-Howard, Paul Leather

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Develop Educator Capacity, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency

New Hampshire’s Work Study Practices – A Five-Year Journey to Understand, Share, Scale, Deepen, and Meaningfully Assess These Critical Competencies

May 26, 2020

Jonathan Vander Els, Ellen Hume-Howard, Paul Leather

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

Opportunities for Personalized Learning in the Pandemic

April 29, 2020

Ann Hadwen

Issue(s): Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

The New Hampshire Learning Initiative: A Model for Catalyzing State-Wide Transformation

July 18, 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

In Real Life: How Feedback Loops and Student Supports Help Ensure Learning Is Deep, Ongoing, and Integrated

February 6, 2019

Jenny Poon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Competency-Based Education: The Break from Tradition that Our Schools Need

October 22, 2018

Brian Stack

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

How One New Hampshire District is Leveraging Success Skills in a Competency-Based System

May 17, 2018

Jonathan Vander Els and Sarah Kiley

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

What’s New: What’s Happening in State Policy

April 18, 2018

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Highlighting Deeper Learning Competencies in New Hampshire

March 12, 2018

Jonathan Vander Els

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Our Quest to Personalize Competency-Based Learning in New Hampshire

February 27, 2018

Jonathan Vander Els and Debra Holloway

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Three Lessons Learned from PACE

September 6, 2017

Amy Allen

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

PACE Sees Early Evidence of Student Achievement Gains

September 5, 2017

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Amidst Opioid Addiction, Plummeting Morale, One Elementary School Reinvents Itself

July 6, 2017

Amy Allen

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

Adult Learning: Creating Buy-in

June 27, 2017

Ali Brown

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning

Goodbye ABCs: How One State is Moving Beyond Grade Levels and Graded Assessments

June 6, 2017

Sydney Johnson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

New Hampshire Innovation Studios

June 5, 2017

2Revolutions Staff Writer

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

Connecting the Dots: Aligning Efforts to Support Teachers and Students in New Hampshire

May 8, 2017

Jonathan Vander Els

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

New Hampshire: Building an Integrated Competency-Based System

February 22, 2017

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

On Scaling Competency Education: Equity, Quality, and Sustainability

February 1, 2017

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Evaluate Quality