Agency By Design: The Continuum of Choice
In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, fostering students’ engagement and connection to their learning is more critical…
In Conversation With Carlos Moreno, Co-Executive Director of Big Picture Learning and Aurora Institute Symposium 2024 Keynoter
Aurora’s Communications Director Chiara Wegener recently had the chance to sit down with Big Picture Learning’s Carlos…
Innovation in New Mexico: Capstone Projects as a Path to Better Engage Students
This capstone project post is the third in a series of posts about statewide innovation in New…
Learning Through Micro-Credentials Enables Student-Centered Teaching Philosophy
This blog post is one of a series that highlights different experiences with the multilingual learner (MLL)…
Student Agency in Action
Our list of Ins and Outs for CBE in 2024 mixed what we’re seeing in the field…
The Culmination of Mastery and Community: Senior Exhibitions at the Parker School
“There are many ways that this ends up being one of the weeks we take away from…
Getting Started With Real-World Learning at a Comprehensive High School
This month, I had the opportunity to attend a Real-World Learning convening at Uxbridge High School in…
The Drive Towards Student Agency: Empowering Students to Make Choices on Their Learning Pathway
The First Agency Meeting It was 1:30 on a Thursday afternoon in September 2021 in my 4th…
Elevating Student Voice: Reflections From Across the U.S.
CompetencyWorks recently unveiled a fresh graphic illustrating the interconnectedness between elements within the Aurora Institute’s definition of competency-based education (CBE). Crafting…
A Handbook for Change: Empowering Learner Agency at TYWLS of Astoria
In the fall of 2022, our school ordered the first 100 copies of our Teacher Mastery Handbook…