Popular Tag: Competency-based learning

Understanding competency-based education

February 15, 2016

Understanding competency-based education

Imagine a student with an interest in medical sciences participating in an internship to get biology credits in high school. The student develops a plan with her teacher and a mentor at a local medica…

March 11, 2015

Learning from the STEM landscape

Last month, Robin Marcus, senior director for research and development here at NC New Schools, and I were invited to Washington, DC, for a day-long meeting with approximately 25 national STEM school l…

January 21, 2015

Calibrating the competency conversation

If I tried to define competency-based education in the fewest words possible, I would say: in a competency-based system, students advance upon mastery. But if you haven’t already, you’ll fi…