by reDesign | Apr 15, 2019 | Blog, Competency-based Learning
What types of summative assessments should be a part of our Competency-based or Mastery-based assessment model? Do traditional assessments go away? What about in math class, specifically? Is it really feasible to do multi-week projects all of the time? These are...
by reDesign | Aug 7, 2017 | Blog, Change Leadership, Featured Insights
Meet Dr. Crumley. Over twenty years ago, he was at the cutting edge of a transformational change effort in Chugach, Alaska. Now in his final year as Superintendent of the Chugach School District, he shares his change leadership story that is sure to challenge and...
by reDesign | Sep 21, 2016 | Blog, Change Leadership
This is the sixth post of my Mastering Mastery-Based Learning in NYC tour. Start with the first post on NYC Big Takeaways and then read about NYC’s Mastery Collaborative, The Young Woman’s Leadership School of Astoria, Flushing International, and KAPPA International....
by reDesign | Sep 17, 2016 | Blog, Competency-based Learning
This blog originally appeared on The Launch Pad, January 5, 2016. As I see it, the biggest challenge we face in American public schools today is this: we’ve got an antiquated factory-based school model, and a workforce that has proven particularly effective in...