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,…
Beyond Packaging: Manifesting Mastery-Based Learning in the Classroom at TYWLS of Astoria
Shortly after its founding in 2006, The Young Women’s Leadership School (TYWLS) of Astoria shifted to a…
There’s A Google Doc For That! One School’s Journey Creating a Comprehensive “Mastery Handbook”
The power of the Google Doc to guide our journey became somewhat of a running joke at…
Metaphors for Change from Timpanogos High School
Timpanogos High School, one of ten high schools in Utah’s Alpine School District, began its shift to…
The ACE CBE Model: Rethinking Curriculum for Depth and Engagement
This post delves into the competency-based academic model at the Alternative Choices in Education (ACE) Program at…