Strategies and Tools for Remote Learning from the Aurora Institute Member Survey
For schools beginning the school year with remote or hybrid learning, this blog post shares what the…
The Learning Sciences: How the Brain Was Built to Learn
This is the first of two guest posts by James Neihof, the recent past superintendent of Shelby…
What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?
Resources to Support Competency-Based Education and Remote Learning Deeper Competency-Based Learning: Making Equitable, Student-Centered, Sustainable Shifts –…
Competency-Based District Leaders on Managing Change During the Pandemic
Headlines during the coronavirus pandemic suggest that many American schools had a disastrous spring in terms of…
Book Review: So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
Equity is at the heart of competency-based education, and racism is one of our greatest obstacles to…
Supporting the Development of Student-Designed Performance Assessments
In this final blog post of a four-part series, I provide examples of student-designed performance assessments and…
Student-Designed Performance Assessments for Personalized Learning and Student Agency
In this third blog post of a four-part series, I will dig deeper into the Vermont Agency…
Transitioning and Sustaining Competency-Based Education During School Closures
South Bronx Community Charter High School (SBC) launched in 2016 with a strong competency-based education approach, as…
New Hampshire’s Work Study Practices – Equity and Assessing For Growth
This is the third in a series of blog posts about New Hampshire’s work study practices—essential competencies…
Recognizing the Critical Importance of Metacognition
This is the second in a series of blog posts about New Hampshire’s work study practices—essential competencies…