Agency By Design: The Continuum of Choice
In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, fostering students’ engagement and connection to their learning is more critical…
Using the CBL School Design Rubric to Refine and Deepen Work in one New Hampshire School District
In 2018, Vander Els and Stack introduced a school design rubric to assist educators with developing a…
CTE and CBE: A Blueprint for High-Quality Instruction
Our educational system was designed for an industrial generation of the past. Current students generally struggle to…
Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative Evaluation Report – Cohort 1, Year 3
The Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative (MBLC) evaluation report offers insights and strategies for anyone working to shift K-12...
Voices of Indigenous Educators Series: “How do we prepare them? Sure, academics play a part, but holistic wellness does too.” – Sage Fast Dog
This post is based on an interview in April 2024 with Sage Fast Dog, Founder and Head…
Voices of Indigenous Educators Series: “We are still here, and we are going to flourish” – Dana Haukaas
This post is based on an interview on December 14, 2023 with Dana Haukaas, who is in…
Student Agency in Action
Our list of Ins and Outs for CBE in 2024 mixed what we’re seeing in the field…
Shifting to PCBL with Intentionality at a Large High School
How does a big school make the transition to personalized, competency-based learning? The same way that any…
The Drive Towards Student Agency: Empowering Students to Make Choices on Their Learning Pathway
The First Agency Meeting It was 1:30 on a Thursday afternoon in September 2021 in my 4th…
Elevating Student Voice: Reflections From Across the U.S.
CompetencyWorks recently unveiled a fresh graphic illustrating the interconnectedness between elements within the Aurora Institute’s definition of competency-based education (CBE). Crafting…