Reinventing Report Cards: Reading, Writing, Collaboration and Other Work Skills
A movement to throw out traditional A-F grades in favor of tracking high school students as they gain mastery of … Read more
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Can Mastery-Based Learning Replace Seat Time?
On Tuesday, I talked with Tim Knowles, the CEO of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, about replacing the century-old … Read more
It May Be Time to Retire the Carnegie Unit. Are There Better Measures of Learning?
For more than a century, the American high school has been shaped by the Carnegie unit. Well, Tim Knowles, the … Read more
Not Your Grandfather’s Carnegie – with Dr. Timothy Knowles, President, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, & Dr. Shirley M. Collado, President & CEO, College Track (Podcast)
It’s YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, brought to YOU by Jenzabar’s Annual Meeting (JAM 2024), YOUR guests are Dr. Timothy … Read more
The Next Update of the Carnegie Classification Will Be Its Biggest Yet
The next Carnegie classifications of colleges, due in the spring of 2025, will label colleges by whether they’re low or … Read more
From CZI to Carnegie: A Leader in Education Philanthropy Talks About Her New Role
In January, Brooke Stafford-Brizard was named vice president for innovation and impact at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. … Read more
In the US, an Assessment Revolution is Coming
There’s a saying in education circles: ‘we treasure what we measure’. A new partnership in the US is testing the … Read more
Sneakers, Signals, and Systems: A New Era in Education
There’s something in the water at education conferences — sneakers have become the new conference dress code. This shift toward … Read more
The Power of Educator EQ
Regardless of how it occurs—in a classroom, individually through reading or listening, or on Zoom—learning is a social process. It … Read more
Rethinking Higher Education Classifications For Today’s Institutions
My 16-year-old son has a piece of paper, thumbtacked to his bedroom wall: a list of about 30 colleges and … Read more
