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…
Diving into a Deep Blue (grass) Sea of Innovation, Part One: How Educational Cooperatives and Deeper Learning Teams are Poised to Help Transform Kentucky Education
As I began my eighteenth year in education, I felt ready for a new challenge. How could…
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…