Utah’s Launchpad to Personalized, Competency-Based Learning
This post is one of a two-part series about school transformation in Utah along with Navigating Personalized,…
Aurora Institute’s 2022 State Policy Priorities
The Aurora Institute’s new broad-based policy agenda issues a call-to-action for state education policymakers and provides twelve…
Synthesizing the Learning of the Idaho Mastery Education Network
It’s been over three and a half years since Chris Sturgis wrote a 10-piece series on Mastery-Based…
A Year in Review: 2021 State Legislative Snapshot of Student-Centered Learning Policy Advancements
Since the beginning of the pandemic, American education systems and structures have been thrown into flux. The…
Year in Review: 2021 State Legislative Snapshot of Student-Centered Learning Policy Advancements
State policymakers across the country are addressing the need to modernize K-12 education, not only as a…
States Can Use Innovation Zones as K-12 Reimagines Its Future after COVID
Today, the Aurora Institute Center for Policy published Innovation Zones: Policy Flexibility to Reimagine and Modernize K-12…
Innovation Zones: Policy Flexibility to Reimagine and Modernize K-12 Education Post-COVID-19
Innovation zones represent an important policy lever states can use as K-12 reimagines its future post-COVID. Innovation…
Center for Policy and Advocacy April 2021 Updates
Federal Updates President Biden Announces Outlines the American Family Plan – During a joint address to Congress…
A Promise for Equitable Futures: Enabling Systems Change to Scale Educational and Economic Mobility Pathways
Fewer than one in five American students follow a clear and uninterrupted path from high school through…
Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era: Policy Actions and Responses to Leverage the Moment for Future Readiness
As school districts deliberate over reopening schools with the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, we’ve developed this report…