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What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

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Author(s): Natalie Slocum

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


What's new! star graphicThe Barr Foundation announced eight grantees redesigning their New England high school model to transcend the school walls and blend the lines between school, college, career, and the community in order to help all students develop the competencies required for a 21st-century definition of student success. Grantees include:

Thought Leadership

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Equity and CBE

  • KnowledgeWorks published a blog on how competency-based education systems can lead to more equitable classrooms.
  • Marcos Lucio Popovich of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation writes about understanding the root causes of inequities. Nellie Mae is inviting districts from New England to respond to a request for proposals that asks them to identify the systemic and school level barriers that perpetuate gaps in college and career readiness based on race, language, special education status, and income, and target interventions that appropriately address such barriers. To learn more about the grant fund, read through the request for proposals.

State Policy Updates

iNACOL released a series of policy issue briefs:

Resources

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