S2 Episode 6 | Growth Over Grades: Dr. James Neihof "Competency-Based Education & Student Agency"
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In episode 6 of the Growth Over Grades podcast by SpacesEDU, we spoke with Dr. James Neihof, Co-Director of Deeper Learning for the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative (GRREC), Education Consultant, and former Superintendent. Dr. Neihof is on a mission to encourage public school educators and provide leadership coaching.
In this episode, Dr. Neihof shares some of the work he's done in Kentucky that has helped build the foundation for competency-based education (CBE), which leads to teacher and student agency.
Listen to learn about building a foundation for CBE, the role CBE plays in student agency, and how standardized testing can help or harm students.
Follow Dr. James Neihof on X https://twitter.com/JamesNeihof
Read Dr. Neihof's Work
- The Virtuous Cycle of Student Agency https://aurora-institute.org/cw_post/the-virtuous-cycle-of-student-agency/
- The Learning Sciences: How the Brain Was Built to Learn https://aurora-institute.org/cw_post/the-learning-sciences-how-the-brain-was-built-to-learn/
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