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David Conley
March 9, 2017

When You're Prepared, Are You Ready?

David Conley
March 9, 2017
When You're Prepared, Are You Ready?

You can be prepared and still not ready. Being able to adapt to a challenging situation for which you have prepared is the extra element of readiness.

David Conley
March 3, 2017

Rehearsal: Key Tool for Readiness

David Conley
March 3, 2017
Rehearsal: Key Tool for Readiness

Rehearsal is a key skill to improving your readiness to succeed in a wide range of situations and settings.

David Conley
March 2, 2017

Eligible? Ready?

David Conley
March 2, 2017
Eligible? Ready?

You can be eligible but not ready. Why is the distinction important?

David Conley
February 28, 2017

Why College and Career Ready?

David Conley
February 28, 2017
Why College and Career Ready?

This 13.5 minute video explains the reasons all students need to be ready for college and careers.

David Conley
June 14, 2016

Creating Accountability Systems that Improve College and Career Readiness

David Conley
June 14, 2016
Creating Accountability Systems that Improve College and Career Readiness

ESSA offers the opportunity to redesign accountability systems. Here are four criteria every state should follow if they wish to have their accountability system focus more on college and career readiness.

David Conley
June 14, 2016

The ESSA Mindset

David Conley
June 14, 2016
The ESSA Mindset

ESSA is the anti-vision. It explicitly eschews a comprehensive picture of or road map for educational reform and improvement.

David T. Conley
October 15, 2015

Breadth vs. Depth: The Deeper Learning Dilemma

David T. Conley
October 15, 2015
Breadth vs. Depth: The Deeper Learning Dilemma

Students need to make reasoned tradeoffs between the breadth of what they learn and the depth at which they learn it.

David T. Conley
September 7, 2015

Self-Assessment: Essential to Success in School and Work

David T. Conley
September 7, 2015
Self-Assessment: Essential to Success in School and Work

Self-assessment is an important way to build learner awareness and empowerment while at the same time providing valuable information to teachers.

David T. Conley
September 3, 2015

Student Aspirations: Key to Powerful Learning

David T. Conley
September 3, 2015
Student Aspirations: Key to Powerful Learning

Students with high aspirations will achieve better academically than those with low aspirations. And yet, educators know little about student aspirations or how to raise them.

David T. Conley
August 31, 2015

What Do We Know About Readiness for College and Careers?

David T. Conley
August 31, 2015
What Do We Know About Readiness for College and Careers?

Readiness is the ability to succeed in post-high school learning, not just participate. How are readiness for college and for careers similar and different?

David T. Conley
August 4, 2015

Renaming Noncognitive Skills to Emphasize Success

David T. Conley
August 4, 2015
Renaming Noncognitive Skills to Emphasize Success

In January, 2013, I authored a Commentary in Education Week that made a case for renaming "noncognitive" skills. I'm taking another run at this, suggesting the notion of "success skills" as an alternative label.

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