New Flexibility to Use Federal Title Funds for Technology Infrastructure and Teacher Training for Distance Learning
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) created new flexibility for the use of federal title funding due…
Aurora Institute Applauds Proposed Education Department Priorities for Teacher-Led Professional Learning
The U.S. Department of Education is proposing new priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria for the Education…
Profile of a Graduate to Redefine Student Success for the Future
Welcome to the second installment of the Aurora Institute’s blog series: Future-Focused State Policy Actions to Transform…
Aurora Institute Announces Federal and State Policy Agenda
Today, the Aurora Institute’s Center for Policy published Future-Focused State Policy Actions to Transform K-12 Education and Federal Policy Priorities to…
Federal Policy Priorities to Accelerate Education Innovation
The Aurora Institute’s Federal Policy Priorities are an equity-driven and future-focused set of recommendations designed to ensure the nation’s education system is fit for purpose. The priorities are intentionally constructed to support moving states and localities forward from their current state of education to future systems capable of preparing all graduates with the knowledge, abilities, and dispositions necessary to achieve success, to contribute to their communities, and to advance our society.
Rethinking Systems of Assessments and Building Educator Capacity
The new federal K-12 education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), presents states with historic opportunities…
State Policy Opportunities for Personalized Learning Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
A recent iNACOL report, Meeting The Every Student Succeeds Act’s Promise: State Policy to Support Personalized Learning, provides…
Next Steps Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
The new K-12 federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), gives states increased flexibility over…
The Every Student Succeeds Act—How Will the New Federal K-12 Education Law Support Personalized Learning?
On Wednesday, December 9, 2015, Congress passed a bill that reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act….
(Webinar) A K-12 Policy Framework for Competency Education: Building Capacity for Systems Change
The presenters describe barriers and opportunities within federal education policy. Based on the recently released iNACOL report,…