Scheduling for Personalized Competency-Based Education: Book Review and Reflections on Equity
A review of Scheduling for Personalized Competency-Based Education, a new book by Doug and Michelle Finn, extends…
Strengthening Local Assessment Systems for Personalized, Proficiency-Based Education: Strategies and Tools for Professional Learning
Watch members of the Vermont Agency of Education’s Proficiency-Based and Personalized Learning Teams as they delve…
Strengthening Relationships and Social Emotional Learning Supports to Foster Equity and Academic Success
More than ever, successful schools are laser-focused on strengthening relationships with students, bolstering social-emotional learning (SEL) supports,…
How Vermont Is Strengthening Local Assessment Systems
Our CompetencyWorks initiative has released a new issue brief, titled Strengthening Local Assessment Systems for Personalized, Proficiency-Based…
Competency-Based Education in Harrisburg, South Dakota
Travis Lape, Innovative Programs Director for the Harrisburg School District in South Dakota, was a presenter for…
Lessons from Tracking Student Flex Time in a Competency-Based High School
The previous blog post described the “flex-mod” schedule that Legacy High School is using to facilitate competency-based…
Flex-Mod Scheduling to Enable Competency-Based Learning
New approaches to scheduling are an important part of putting high-quality competency-based education into practice. Key elements…
How Will Your Research Narrate Our History?
Jilliam Joe, Senior Director of Learning Insights and Research at LEAP Innovations, delivered the keynote address at…
Straight Outta COVID-19: Designing for Equity
POST-SYMPOSIUM WEBINAR Inequity by design has always existed in education. COVID-19 has only exacerbated the barriers that…
Aurora 2020 Virtual Symposium Day 1 Wrap Up
The first day of the Aurora Institute 2020 Virtual Symposium brought together educators, system leaders, and education…