<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br></p> <p><strong><em>How to base learning on mastery instead of time</em></strong></p> <p>The authors not only suggest that student achievement should be based on mastering competencies instead of seat time, they have implemented it in New Hampshire--and this book tells you how. Fred Bramante and Rose Colby describe their successful 21st century model in which: </p> <ul> <li>Every student is engaged</li> <li>Parents and students have more control over learning</li> <li>Dropouts are all but eliminated</li> <li></li> <li>Curriculum becomes virtually limitless, project-based, and interdisciplinary</li> </ul> <p>This text for educators, policymakers, parents, and community members provides a comprehensive approach to implementing a large-scale competency-based reform initiative.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br></p> <p><strong><em>How to base learning on mastery instead of time</em></strong></p> <p>The authors not only suggest that student achievement should be based on mastering competencies instead of seat time, they have implemented it in New Hampshire--and this book tells you how. Fred Bramante and Rose Colby describe their successful 21st century model in which: </p> <ul> <li>Every student is engaged</li> <li>Parents and students have more control over learning</li> <li>Dropouts are all but eliminated</li> <li></li> <li>Curriculum becomes virtually limitless, project-based, and interdisciplinary</li> </ul> <p>This text for educators, policymakers, parents, and community members provides a comprehensive approach to implementing a large-scale competency-based reform initiative.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em></em>Off the Clock <em>is a delight! Bramante and Colby have given us a deeply personal, vibrant, and visionary insight into the why, what and how to move us past the schools of old. With their deep hands-on knowledge, the authors take you deep into the details of New Hampshire's bold break from the strangling hold of the time-based Carnegie unit into a mastery-based education system. For anyone interested in competency-based learning, </em>Off the Clock <em>is a must read.</em>--Chris Sturgis, Founder (1/23/2012 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>"</em><strong>Off the Clock</strong><em> is a book that is, for many, ahead of its time. As New Hampshire blazes a trail for the rest of us, we can appreciate and be grateful to the authors for presenting the road map and journey in a manner and context that will help us down the same essential pathway to educational transformation."</em>--Marsha M. Myles, Educational Consultant (10/28/2011 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>"</em><strong>Off The Clock</strong><em> provides practitioners with an enormous amount of research on why our antiquated way of instruction is obsolete." </em></p>--Tanna Nicely, Assistant Principal (10/28/2011 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>"A must read on education reform in the 21^st century. This book gives a "how to" perspective that we can all learn from</em><em>."</em>--Ann Dargon, Superintendent of Schools (10/28/2011 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>"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."</em>--Jason E. Glass, State Director & Chief Learner (1/10/2012 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>"In an era of proposals involving quick turnarounds of educational delivery systems, the authors have shared a view of a long-term, high stakes process to rethink how schools do business while maintaining a focus on both Real World Learning and Following the Child. This has the potential to change the landscape of public education nationwide."<b> </b></em>--Dan Lawson, Superintendent of Schools (10/28/2011 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>"The authors have eloquently described the beginning of 21^st Century Education. The move from time as the constant and high level learning as the variable to an education where high level learning is the constant will impact the next generation of citizens to be better equipped to deal with their future."</em>--Jeff Herzberg, Chief Administrator (10/28/2011 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>"The authors identify important issues about learning, shows what they did to invoke changes, and provides alternatives that can be used in schools, districts, and states. This book challenges educators to create alternative means for students to learn that meet or exceed proficiency for standards and courses."</em>--Glen Ishiwata, Former Superintendent (10/28/2011 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>"The competency-based approach is consistent with our changing context in America and may be the one approach that unlocks the numerous restraints in our current 20^th century delivery model. By honoring choice and personalization of learning, this book′s ideas have potential for support by parents, educators, employers, and policy makers."</em>--Ronald Fielder, Chief Administrator (10/28/2011 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>"This book is an excellent resource for practitioners and leaders at local, regional, state, and national levels. The authors offer innovative insights for restoring meaning to learning."</em></p>--Lyne Ssebikindu, Assistant Principal (10/28/2011 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>An impressive account of New Hampshire's journey from time-based teaching to competency-based learning, </em>Off the Clock <em>presents the rationale, process, challenges, and key learnings from the NH quest for zero dropouts and substantive, sustainable secondary school redesign. Based on firsthand involvement in the inception and implementation of the change process, </em>Off the Clock <em>is as informative as it is inspirational.</em>--Kim Carter, Executive Director (1/23/2012 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>At a time when there was an unusually large number of deserving nominees, New Hampshire won the Frank Newman Award for State Innovation.</em>--Roger Sampson, President (2/9/2012 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>No more "one-size-fits-all." The conversation that will follow the must-read, </em>Off the Clock<em>, will transform educational models and policy to individualized learning with the essential measures of accountability for student growth and competency.</em>--Marsha M. Myles, President and CEO (1/25/2012 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>Provides the urgency for school systems to begin focusing on the whole child′s education. The model in New Hampshire similar to the CCSS sets the stage for schools to begin their theory of action so student achievement increases system-wide.</em>--Elizabeth Alvarez, Principal (10/28/2011 12:00:00 AM)<br>