College and Career Acceleration Opportunities and Competency-Based Education
A recent report from ExcelinEd provides valuable information for states, districts, and schools to promote college and…
Equity-Based Educational Research: Emerging Lessons from City Year’s Work
City Year is grounded in a belief that all students can succeed, and that developing the skills…
When Access Isn’t Equal: How the Pandemic Amplified Our Nation’s Equity Gaps
VIRTUAL PRE-SYMPOSIUM WEBINAR COVID-19 transformed our discussions about equity and supporting our nation’s most vulnerable students. With…
Elevating Student Experience to Build Equitable Learning Environments and Outcomes
VIRTUAL PRE-SYMPOSIUM WEBINAR Research shows that certain academic experiences foster students’ motivation, engagement, and success, while other…
Taking an Equity-Based Approach to Advancing a Research and Learning Agenda
VIRTUAL PRECONFERENCE SESSION City Year is on a learning journey focused on taking an equity-based approach to…
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 –…
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…
The Aurora Institute 2020 Symposium In-Person Event Is Canceled: We’re Going Virtual
Dear Colleagues, After much discussion and careful deliberation, we’ve made the difficult decision to cancel the in-person…
Competency Frameworks and Content Selection at South Bronx Community Charter
South Bronx Community Charter High School (SBC) in New York City has deeply embraced competency-based education since…
Black Lives Matter
The United States is in the midst of historic crises. Tragically consistent with centuries of American history,…