Move Away from Seat Time Credits to Awarding Credit Based on Demonstrated Mastery
The second blog in our new blog series highlighting the recently released Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19…
States Can Support Blended, Competency-Based Learning as an Entry Point for Innovation
The Aurora Institute is launching a new blog series to highlight the recently released, Education Policy Issues for…
The Evolution of NCAA Nontraditional High School Program Reviews
College sports provide a pathway to opportunity for hundreds of thousands of student-athletes every year. More than…
Systems Thinking Can Help Spark and Sustain Change
Transitioning education systems to be competency-based represents a massive shift from established ways of doing things. It…
Aurora Institute Symposium 2020 Is Going Virtual
We have made the decision to shift our in-person Aurora Institute Symposium 2020 to a virtual convening….
Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era
The Aurora Institute Center for Policy today released Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era: Policy Actions…
Build Teacher Capacity for Systemic Change by Investing in a Competency-Based Professional Learning System
States can accelerate innovation in K-12 by modernizing educator and leader development. The current systems of pre-service…
Announcing a Pre-Symposium Webinar Series – Building the Evidence Base for Personalized Learning
As we begin the countdown to the 2020 Aurora Institute Virtual Symposium, running October 25-28, we’re delighted…
Moving from One-Size-Fits-All: Changes Needed for Innovative Assessment Pilots in the Wake of COVID-19
In the 2019-2020 school year, all 50 states received permission from the U.S. Department of Education to…
Eliot Levine Joins the Canopy Project Advisory Group to Help Identify Effective School Responses to COVID-19
Dr. Eliot Levine, Aurora Institute’s Research Director and leader of the CompetencyWorks initiative, was invited to join…