Editor's Note: This is the first post in a three-part series. Please look for Part II, Reassessment and Redesign, in the coming weeks. I was listening to Jennifer Gonzalez’s Cult of Pedagogy podcast recently, and something she said struck me as the perfect way to begin this post about the importance of working together in a Proficiency-Based Education (PBE) model. In episode 72, “What is an Educator Mastermind, and Why Should You Join One?,” Gonzalez said, “One of the crazy i

Editor's note: This is part two in a multi-part series. In my first post, I introduced ideas I’ve been turning over in my head lately, many of which were prompted by a class I took over the summer. One of our class assignments asked us to examine education policy to see how it fits with our own personal philosophies, or if it fits at all. My personal code of ethics is firmly rooted in an understanding that each student brings a unique experience to the classroom everyday. The