“School taught me that I was not very bright. Life taught me that school was wrong.” These words epitomize the foundation for Fred Bramante’s dedicated passion for transforming public education into a system that will work for virtually ever student. Fred is a former middle school Science teacher, a former candidate for governor, a life long entrepreneur, and a past Chairman and long standing member of the New Hampshire State Board of Education. Appointed by both Republican and Democratic governors, he led a full-scale effort to redesign public education, especially at the high school level, which resulted in a major revamping of New Hampshire’s education regulations and the subsequent development of the New Hampshire vision For High School Redesign. Fred has been the public voice of this movement and has carried the competency-based message around the country. Fred consults with state departments of education, and national and regional associations across America. He has been a featured speaker and presenter at numerous education conferences. He holds a BS from Keene State College (1970) and an MA in Educational Leadership from Plymouth State University (2006). He has been honored to receive the Alumni Achievement Award from both Keene (1995) and Plymouth (2009). In 1964, Fred graduated 206th of 212 students in his high school; that year his applications for admission to both colleges were rejected. Rose Colby is a nationally recognized Competency-Based Learning and Assessment Specialist, assisting schools in designing high quality competency, assessment, and grading reform systems in many states.  She is a Talent Cloud Fellow for 2Revolutions, an education design firm.  She is a member of the national Advisory Board and contributor to CompetencyWorks, the national clearinghouse and resource for innovative practices in competency education.  She has served as Competency Education Consultant for the N.H. Department of Education supporting school districts as they develop their competency education systems and in designing and supporting the new state accountability pilot system, the New Hampshire Performance Assessment for Competency Education (NH PACE).  She is an Adjunct Professor at Southern New Hampshire University in the Masters/CAGS program in Competency Education. Rose is the author of two books on Competency Education: Competency-Based Education:  A New Architecture for K-12 Schooling (Harvard Education Press, 2017) and Off the Clock: Moving Education from Time to Competency (Corwin, 2012.)

• AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsIntroduction: Imagine School Without ClocksPart I. Leverage: The Perfect Storm1. Setting the Table for Transformation2. Reform: Getting Better at Things That Don′t WorkPart II. The New Hampshire Story: Mandating Flexibility: Why Leadership From the Top Matters3. Fred′s Story4. Rose′s Story5. New Hampshire Present and FuturePart III. The New Model for Learning: 20th Century Versus 21st Century6. Time Versus Mastery7. Competency-Based Learning8. Learning in the 21st Century9. Dropouts Versus Engaged Learners10. Teacher Versus Educator11. Teacher CompensationPart IV. Selling the Concept: A Conscious Effort to Create Public Demand12. Selling to Students and Parents13. Selling to Business, Nonprofits, and Communities14. Selling to the Education Community and Professional Organizations15. Selling the Concept and the Politics to LegislatorsPart V. Imagine the Possibilities16. Moving Education From Time to CompetencyAppendixBibliographyIndex

“Bramante and Colby offer an insiders’ look at how America’s schools might make the long-awaited break from the factory model of education. This book gives us more than just hope that a real transformation is finally upon us—it shows the path.”

“School taught me that I was not very bright. Life taught me that school was wrong.” These words epitomize the foundation for Fred Bramante’s dedicated passion for transforming public education into a system that will work for virtually ever student. Fred is a former middle school Science teacher, a former candidate for governor, a life long entrepreneur, and a past Chairman and long standing member of the New Hampshire State Board of Education. Appointed by both Republican and Democratic governors, he led a full-scale effort to redesign public education, especially at the high school level, which resulted in a major revamping of New Hampshire’s education regulations and the subsequent development of the New Hampshire vision For High School Redesign. Fred has been the public voice of this movement and has carried the competency-based message around the country. Fred consults with state departments of education, and national and regional associations across America. He has been a featured speaker and presenter at numerous education conferences. He holds a BS from Keene State College (1970) and an MA in Educational Leadership from Plymouth State University (2006). He has been honored to receive the Alumni Achievement Award from both Keene (1995) and Plymouth (2009). In 1964, Fred graduated 206th of 212 students in his high school; that year his applications for admission to both colleges were rejected. Rose Colby is a nationally recognized Competency-Based Learning and Assessment Specialist, assisting schools in designing high quality competency, assessment, and grading reform systems in many states.  She is a Talent Cloud Fellow for 2Revolutions, an education design firm.  She is a member of the national Advisory Board and contributor to CompetencyWorks, the national clearinghouse and resource for innovative practices in competency education.  She has served as Competency Education Consultant for the N.H. Department of Education supporting school districts as they develop their competency education systems and in designing and supporting the new state accountability pilot system, the New Hampshire Performance Assessment for Competency Education (NH PACE).  She is an Adjunct Professor at Southern New Hampshire University in the Masters/CAGS program in Competency Education. Rose is the author of two books on Competency Education: Competency-Based Education:  A New Architecture for K-12 Schooling (Harvard Education Press, 2017) and Off the Clock: Moving Education from Time to Competency (Corwin, 2012.)

• AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsIntroduction: Imagine School Without ClocksPart I. Leverage: The Perfect Storm1. Setting the Table for Transformation2. Reform: Getting Better at Things That Don′t WorkPart II. The New Hampshire Story: Mandating Flexibility: Why Leadership From the Top Matters3. Fred′s Story4. Rose′s Story5. New Hampshire Present and FuturePart III. The New Model for Learning: 20th Century Versus 21st Century6. Time Versus Mastery7. Competency-Based Learning8. Learning in the 21st Century9. Dropouts Versus Engaged Learners10. Teacher Versus Educator11. Teacher CompensationPart IV. Selling the Concept: A Conscious Effort to Create Public Demand12. Selling to Students and Parents13. Selling to Business, Nonprofits, and Communities14. Selling to the Education Community and Professional Organizations15. Selling the Concept and the Politics to LegislatorsPart V. Imagine the Possibilities16. Moving Education From Time to CompetencyAppendixBibliographyIndex

“Bramante and Colby offer an insiders’ look at how America’s schools might make the long-awaited break from the factory model of education. This book gives us more than just hope that a real transformation is finally upon us—it shows the path.”

“School taught me that I was not very bright. Life taught me that school was wrong.” These words epitomize the foundation for Fred Bramante’s dedicated passion for transforming public education into a system that will work for virtually ever student. Fred is a former middle school Science teacher, a former candidate for governor, a life long entrepreneur, and a past Chairman and long standing member of the New Hampshire State Board of Education. Appointed by both Republican and Democratic governors, he led a full-scale effort to redesign public education, especially at the high school level, which resulted in a major revamping of New Hampshire’s education regulations and the subsequent development of the New Hampshire vision For High School Redesign. Fred has been the public voice of this movement and has carried the competency-based message around the country. Fred consults with state departments of education, and national and regional associations across America. He has been a featured speaker and presenter at numerous education conferences. He holds a BS from Keene State College (1970) and an MA in Educational Leadership from Plymouth State University (2006). He has been honored to receive the Alumni Achievement Award from both Keene (1995) and Plymouth (2009). In 1964, Fred graduated 206th of 212 students in his high school; that year his applications for admission to both colleges were rejected. Rose Colby is a nationally recognized Competency-Based Learning and Assessment Specialist, assisting schools in designing high quality competency, assessment, and grading reform systems in many states.  She is a Talent Cloud Fellow for 2Revolutions, an education design firm.  She is a member of the national Advisory Board and contributor to CompetencyWorks, the national clearinghouse and resource for innovative practices in competency education.  She has served as Competency Education Consultant for the N.H. Department of Education supporting school districts as they develop their competency education systems and in designing and supporting the new state accountability pilot system, the New Hampshire Performance Assessment for Competency Education (NH PACE).  She is an Adjunct Professor at Southern New Hampshire University in the Masters/CAGS program in Competency Education. Rose is the author of two books on Competency Education: Competency-Based Education:  A New Architecture for K-12 Schooling (Harvard Education Press, 2017) and Off the Clock: Moving Education from Time to Competency (Corwin, 2012.)

• AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsIntroduction: Imagine School Without ClocksPart I. Leverage: The Perfect Storm1. Setting the Table for Transformation2. Reform: Getting Better at Things That Don′t WorkPart II. The New Hampshire Story: Mandating Flexibility: Why Leadership From the Top Matters3. Fred′s Story4. Rose′s Story5. New Hampshire Present and FuturePart III. The New Model for Learning: 20th Century Versus 21st Century6. Time Versus Mastery7. Competency-Based Learning8. Learning in the 21st Century9. Dropouts Versus Engaged Learners10. Teacher Versus Educator11. Teacher CompensationPart IV. Selling the Concept: A Conscious Effort to Create Public Demand12. Selling to Students and Parents13. Selling to Business, Nonprofits, and Communities14. Selling to the Education Community and Professional Organizations15. Selling the Concept and the Politics to LegislatorsPart V. Imagine the Possibilities16. Moving Education From Time to CompetencyAppendixBibliographyIndex

“Bramante and Colby offer an insiders’ look at how America’s schools might make the long-awaited break from the factory model of education. This book gives us more than just hope that a real transformation is finally upon us—it shows the path.”