Archive for May 2021
From Pandemic to Possibility: Now is the Time to Consider Competency-Based Education
By Ben Owens and Joey Lee This blog was originally featured on Getting Smart “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” From the time I first read this famous Stephen Covey quote in the late 1980s, I’ve always used it as my litmus test for deciding if an initiative I…
Read MoreBuilding – and Finishing – the Plane While Flying It
Greater Lawrence Technical School: A LiFT Learning Partner Story As Coordinator of the STEAM Academy at Greater Lawrence Technical School (GLTS) in Andover, Massachusetts, Panagiota Athinelis has had the joy and challenge of implementing an innovative Competency-Based Education (CBE) program within an urban vocational school. Panagiota holds an EdD from Lesley University, where she researched…
Read More