The Challenges of a Large, Diverse School District and the Promises of Performance Assessment Micro-credentials
This post originally appeared at the Center for Collaborative Education on November 13, 2019. In our large,…
Building a District Innovation Ecosystem Accelerates School Transformation
The Henry County Schools, a large suburban district just south of Atlanta, has spent six years transforming…
CompetencyWorks Releases Report Updating Definition of Competency-Based Education
Today, the CompetencyWorks initiative of the Aurora Institute (formerly iNACOL) released What Is Competency-Based Education? An Updated…
What Is Competency-Based Education? An Updated Definition
This report updates the field’s 2011 working definition of competency-based education, which helped to build the field…
Eliot Levine Shares News on the Definition of Competency-Based Education in the Latest Innovation Spotlight Podcast
It’s been eight years since the field developed its working definition of competency-based education. This week,…
iNACOL Has Become the Aurora Institute
For 17 years, iNACOL has been a leading voice advocating for expanding high-quality K-12 educational opportunities. Over...
Bringing Education Policy and the Learning Sciences into Alignment
Today, the Aurora Institute (formerly iNACOL) published Aligning Education Policy with the Science of Learning and…
Getting to the Heart of Equity in Education – Pt. 2
This is the eighth vlog in a series sharing highlights from keynote addresses that will focus on...
Structuring Schools to Enable Deep, Student-Centered Learning in Real-World Settings
One of the main pillars of the Big Picture Learning design is deep, authentic student learning in…
Bruce Friend Inaugurates iNACOL’s New Podcast Series with a Discussion of the iNACOL Symposium
We’re pleased to announce a new podcast series, the Innovation Spotlight, featuring commentary and analysis at…