In the News: Competency-Based Approaches Focus On Skills, Relevancy and Personalization

“At iLEAD Schools—a collaborative of charter schools in California, Colorado, Hawaii and Ohio who are project-based—they are aggressively working to redesign the learner experience and are counting on competency-based approaches being instrumental in that effort. iLEAD Empower Generations Director Malaka Donovan is leading the effort to not only design but implement competency-based education. According to Donovan, this is a multi-layered approach to teaching and learning that involves learners progressing based on not only what they know, but what they can do.”

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