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…
Mindsets and Resources for Unleashing Learner Agency
We’ve all witnessed moments when a child tackles a problem in a way that surprises us, experiencing…
A Student Experience in a Personalized, Career-Focused Competency-Based Model
Hello everyone, I am a 15-year-old sophomore at Bostonia Global High. My name is Christopher Vargas Ibarra,…
Using My Voice to Shape My High School
My name is London Gray, and I am a native of Washington, D.C., born and raised in…
Reflections from reDesign’s Youth-Led Session at #Aurora23
reDesign’s Youth Advisory Council is a year-long program for high-school students with an interest in identifying, analyzing,…
Rekindling Our Commitment with Inspiration from the Aurora Institute Symposium 2023
At the Aurora Institute Symposium 2023, we piloted Networking Groups for a few different topics and affinity…
Student Vlogs: A New Way to Elevate Student Voice in CBE
Have you ever wondered what it is like to learn in a competency-based environment or how it…
A Learner’s CBE Journey
School has never really been a straight road for me. Throughout much of my academic career, I…