Join the Aurora Institute at SXSW EDU 2023!
If you’re headed to SXSW EDU next month, be sure to join the Aurora Institute for two…
CBE Starter Pack 6: Equity Strategies Drive Culture, Structures, and Pedagogy
When educators begin to explore competency-based education (CBE), the CompetencyWorks Initiative is a key place to find…
Diving into a Deep Blue(grass) Sea of Innovation, Part Two: Early Lessons Learned When Implementing Multi-District Deeper Learning in Kentucky
In Part One, I discussed how I joined a Kentucky educational cooperative’s newly launched Deeper Learning Team…
Diving into a Deep Blue (grass) Sea of Innovation, Part One: How Educational Cooperatives and Deeper Learning Teams are Poised to Help Transform Kentucky Education
As I began my eighteenth year in education, I felt ready for a new challenge. How could…
Building a Competency-Based Teacher Education Program: The High Meadows Experience, Part 2
In my first blog post, I introduced the principles and structure of High Meadows Graduate School of…
Personalized Learning Plans at Bellows Free Academy in Fairfax, Vermont
This is the second blog post based on Jensen Welch’s dissertation research, which used youth participatory action…
CBE Starter Pack 5: Learn Actively With Varied Pathways and Pacing
When educators begin to explore competency-based education (CBE), the CompetencyWorks Initiative is a key place to start,…
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Fake-quity: A Powerful Learning Moment from the 2022 Symposium
In a session at the recent Aurora Institute Symposium, Avoiding the Pitfalls of Fake-quity? Our District’s Journey…
Building a Competency-Based Teacher Education Program: The High Meadows Experience, Part 1
This is the first of two posts about the competency-based teacher education program at the High Meadows…
When Students and Adults Work Together Toward Change
This is the first of two blog posts based on Jensen Welch’s dissertation research. This past spring,…