Lessons from an Australian School: 4 Key Strategies for Promoting Student Agency
Recently, the Aurora Institute had the pleasure of hosting a webinar featuring students from Prospect North Primary...
The Quiet Revolution in Education: Building a More Effective, Personalized, Future-Focused Education System in Kentucky
The stories we hear these days about education are largely focused either on the culture wars–what gets…
Dangerous Conversations: The Importance of Empathy, Grace, and Skill
Remember a time out in the world when you felt in danger, maybe you narrowly avoided a…
Navigating Personalized, Competency-Based Learning in Utah: The Cruise Ship & The Speedboat
This post is one of a two-part series about school transformation in Utah along with Utah’s Launchpad…
Sabotage! How Our Implicit Biases and Mental Models Keep Us From “Walking the Talk”
This post is part of a series inspired by the new report: Teachers Making the Shift to…
Professional Learning Exercises for <I>Teachers Making the Shift to Equitable, Learner-Centered Education</I>
Follow the journey of Learning Community Middle School, a fictional school that represents an amalgam of schools...
Leading for Deeper Learning in Kentucky
This post originally appeared at 2Revolutions on August 29, 2022. Phase 1: Danville, KY Several years ago,…
Amplifying Authentic Whole-School Student-Led Learning – Lessons from an Australian School
This webinar was recorded on November 15, 2022. You can find the slides and the recording below. This...
What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?
As you head into the new school year, check out these resources and research from the first…
Competency-Based Education Across America
The Aurora Institute’s policy map shows widespread investment in competency-based education across the country. To highlight this…