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,…
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…