Voices of Indigenous Educators Series: “We’re all in this canoe together.” – Sui-Lan Hoʻokano
This post is based on an interview by the Aurora Institute (Laurie Gagnon) and the Liber Institute…
Student Agency in Action
Our list of Ins and Outs for CBE in 2024 mixed what we’re seeing in the field…
The Wyoming Future of Learning Pilot: Student-Centered and Competency-Based
In early May, leaders from Wyoming’s Weston County School District 7 started with a slide titled “Unpacking…
The Culmination of Mastery and Community: Senior Exhibitions at the Parker School
“There are many ways that this ends up being one of the weeks we take away from…
Getting Started With Real-World Learning at a Comprehensive High School
This month, I had the opportunity to attend a Real-World Learning convening at Uxbridge High School in…
In Conversation With David Ruff, <i>Competency</i>Works Advisor and Outgoing Executive Director of Great Schools Partnership
The Aurora team recently had the chance to sit down and speak with David Ruff, a CompetencyWorks…
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…
A Handbook for Change: Empowering Learner Agency at TYWLS of Astoria
In the fall of 2022, our school ordered the first 100 copies of our Teacher Mastery Handbook…
Grounding in Community: The Aurora Team Visits EQA Schools in NOLA
On a sunny Thursday on the eve of the first 2024 Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans,…