New Stimulus Bill Puts K-12 Education on the Road to Recovery
In a year fraught with hardship and trauma for school communities nationwide, we’re optimistic to see Congress…
How Vermont Is Strengthening Local Assessment Systems
Our CompetencyWorks initiative has released a new issue brief, titled Strengthening Local Assessment Systems for Personalized, Proficiency-Based…
Examine the Purpose of Accountability
State and district leaders are greatly concerned about how the disruption caused by COVID-19 will impact the…
What Does Attendance Mean in the COVID-19 Era? New Issue Brief Offers Analysis and Recommendations
Attendance looks dramatically different in the COVID-19 era of remote and online learning, and states are grappling…
Rethink Assessment and Address the Need for Balanced Systems of Assessments for Measuring Student Learning
Assessment is essential for understanding what students have learned and for providing transparency and fairness when it…
Aurora Institute Mourns the Loss of Board Member Layla Avila
We are grieving. It is with profound sadness that we announce that Layla Avila, a member of…
More Insights from the 2020 Aurora Institute Symposium
The most anticipated part of every Aurora Institute Symposium is the student panel. Students from across the…
Aurora 2020 Virtual Symposium Day 1 Wrap Up
The first day of the Aurora Institute 2020 Virtual Symposium brought together educators, system leaders, and education…
Grading Policies Need to Be Re-Examined to Support the Shift to Competency-Based Education
The third blog in our new blog series explores how to redesign grading systems to best help…
The Learner Promise: A Paradigm Shift Whose Time Has Come
The Aurora Institute today released A Promise for Equitable Futures: Enabling Systems Change to Scale Educational and…