CBE’s Equity Principle: Culturally Responsive Teaching as the Foundation
Introduction The third post in our equity series addresses culturally responsive teaching. At the 2023 Aurora Institute…
School Site Visits: A Powerful Lever in School Transformation
How do we help communities who are looking to improve their local schools see the possibilities? How…
Flashback Friday Inspired by #Aurora23
Even two weeks after returning from the Aurora Institute Symposium 2023, I am still processing all of…
Promising Practices to Advance DEI Among Non-Profit Boards
The Aurora Institute works to drive the transformation of education systems and accelerate the advancement of breakthrough…
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…
Flexible, Competency-Based Learning in Action at COA
This week, we continue with our series on the Chelsea Opportunity Academy (COA). The COA is a…
Connecting the CBE Design Principles with a Defensible Body of Evidence
Fully embracing the seven design principles of competency-based education (CBE) requires dramatic shifts in the way schools…
The Evolution of a Competency-Based Academic Model at Chelsea Opportunity Academy
This post is the second in a series about Chelsea Opportunity Academy (COA) in Chelsea, MA, which…
A New Framework to IMPACT Building a Defensible Body of Evidence
If you were to analyze student work samples in a body of evidence for students in your…