Let’s Just Say It Out Loud: There Isn’t Enough Time To Cover All the Standards
Let’s take a trip back in time, before the pandemic. It’s September 29th in an 11th-grade English…
Roundtable Highlights Ties Between Project-Based Learning and Competency-Based Education, Explores New Research
As education leaders look for ways to accelerate learning this fall, following months of virtual and hybrid…
Empowering Students Through the Lens of Adaptive Competencies
Competency-Based Education in Chicago Public Schools In 2017, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) became one of 10…
What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?
Equity Resources Research-Based Educational Equity Recommendations for Educators – Based on a study in eight New York…
Where Did the Teachers of Color Go? Decolonizing Education Starts with Teacher Diversity
This article was republished with permission from Future Focused Education. Visit their blog to read more about…
101 Practice Suggestions from the Aurora Institute Annual Survey
Each year the Aurora Institute conducts a survey of our network of members, event attendees, and stakeholders…
Strategies for Shifting to Student-Centered Learning from the Aurora Institute Annual Survey
Each year the Aurora Institute conducts a survey of our network of members, event attendees, and stakeholders…
Five Big Ideas for Learner-Centered Competency Framework Design
Competency frameworks are a critical feature of learner-centered schools and education systems. Competency frameworks help bring a…
Competency-Based Education Needs Deeper Evaluation of Educational Equity Outcomes
The Aurora Institute’s definition of competency-based education says that “strategies to ensure equity for all students are…
Deepening Project-Based Learning: Lessons from Powerful New Research and Practice
As we seek to shift the U.S. system of education toward competency-based education, project-based learning (PBL) offers…