From Good to Great, Initial to Ideal: A Way to Improve Exhibitions and Other Performance Assessments
Several things brought me back to this post by Adam Watson about bringing performance assessments from good...
The Shift In Action: Five Takeaways From Our Journey Towards A Competency-Based System
We want to be really clear. We haven’t implemented competency-based education into all learning experiences or classrooms,…
What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?
As spring begins to bloom, bring along this selection of learner-centered, competency-based resources and research from the…
Implementation with Integrity
When I first had the idea of the CBE Starter Pack Series, I thought I’d easily write…
Advice from the Field: Initiating, Sustaining, and Scaling Personalized, Competency-Based Learning
During the 2020-2021 school year, my colleagues, Dr. Emily Difani and Dr. Sarah Moran, and I…
Equitable Grading Anchors NYC’s New Grading Policy Toolkit
New York City Public Schools signaled important learner-centered shifts in grading practices with its new Grading Policy…
Educator Support in Competency-Based Learning Schools
As our profession emerges from the shadows of the global pandemic, there is a renewed interest by…
Culture is the Foundation: Building Relationships and Community at ACE
At the Alternative Choices in Education (ACE) Program at Brookline HS, relationships and community are the foundation…
Join the Aurora Institute at SXSW EDU 2023!
If you’re headed to SXSW EDU next month, be sure to join the Aurora Institute for two…
Diving into a Deep Blue(grass) Sea of Innovation, Part Two: Early Lessons Learned When Implementing Multi-District Deeper Learning in Kentucky
In Part One, I discussed how I joined a Kentucky educational cooperative’s newly launched Deeper Learning Team…