Unfortunately, for both students and the employers who would hire them, the increasing difficulty in securing the work experience necessary to demonstrate competency sans degree favors the less-rigorous test it and forget it model of competency-based learning.
This year we took our rigorous Techstat accountability sessions and open sourced the model, giving agencies the tools to turnaround or terminate failing projects at the agency-level.
Teaching at the Boston Arts Academy represents a team of educators committed to providing a rigorous arts and academic education for our urban students through a thoughtful and open process that we model all year for our kids.