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Who’s Leading the Way?
A Promising Competency-based Model for Historically Marginalized Students Competency-based education models are...
Leveling the Playing Field
Asynchronous Learning in High-Poverty, Competency-based Urban High Schools At the U School we are big...
Our Five New reDesigners!
We are happy to announce the addition of five phenomenal women to the reDesign team. We are humbled by the ways these...
Can Literature Make Our Nation Less Insular?
I grew up in a “flyover” state that is most notable for its spotlight in a 1930’s film where a young lady tries to...
What IS the difference between competencies and standards?
By Sydney Schaef, Ed.D., M.B.A. Though often described interchangeably, competencies and standards are in some...
#College Ready? Designing Projects for Historically Underserved Students
My first competency-based project began in 1993, as part of the founding design team of a small, alternative public...
Let every voice be heard: 6 activities to spark better class discussion
Reflections on pedagogy that works for marginalized students I have a confession: I hate class discussions. I hate...
Who asks the questions around here?
The day I stopped handing out packets of questions for students to answer at the end of each chapter of the novels I...
North Queens Community High School: Blooming the Outcomes
This is the sixth post of my Mastering Mastery-Based Learning in NYC tour. Start with the first post on NYC Big...
5 Key Lessons for Mastery Learning Startup
This blog originally appeared on The Launch Pad, January 5, 2016. As I see it, the biggest challenge we face in...