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…
CompetencyWorks Releases Report on Professional Learning Strategies to Strengthen Local Assessment Systems for Proficiency-Based Education
Today the Aurora Institute’s CompetencyWorks initiative released Strengthening Local Assessment Systems for Personalized, Proficiency-Based Education: Strategies and…
Strengthening Local Assessment Systems for Personalized, Proficiency-Based Education: Strategies and Tools for Professional Learning
This report describes Vermont’s convenings to support schools, districts, and other education organizations seeking to create high-quality…
How Standards-Based Grading Led Us to Empower, Part 2: The Power of Evidence
Increased interest in student-centered learning management systems that support equitable assessment and student self-direction as a result…
The Learner Promise: A Paradigm Shift Whose Time Has Come
The Aurora Institute today released A Promise for Equitable Futures: Enabling Systems Change to Scale Educational and…
A Promise for Equitable Futures: Enabling Systems Change to Scale Educational and Economic Mobility Pathways
Fewer than one in five American students follow a clear and uninterrupted path from high school through…
How Standards-Based Grading Led Us to Empower, Part 1: The Tyranny of 82%
Increased interest in student-centered learning management systems that support equitable assessment and student self-direction as a result…