What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?
Clearly what’s new and on everyone’s minds is the pandemic. So this version of “What’s New?” starts…
Clearly what’s new and on everyone’s minds is the pandemic. So this version of “What’s New?” starts…
Welcome to the second installment of the Aurora Institute’s blog series: Future-Focused State Policy Actions to Transform…
Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced a new $300 million grant program for states to rethink…
A high-quality K-12 education for every learner is a wellspring of future success. The traditional “one-size-fits-all” model…
Today, the Aurora Institute’s Center for Policy published Future-Focused State Policy Actions to Transform K-12 Education and Federal Policy Priorities to…
Education leaders recognize the need to transform the education system to disrupt inequitable, centuries-old practices that no longer fit the world in which we live. Modernizing our education system means moving away from an industrial age “one-size-fits-all” model in which teachers stand and deliver and learners sit and get. Today, we know more than ever about how students learn best, and bold policy actions can align current educational practice with this knowledge. This challenges traditional thinking around how to deploy resources for learning more flexibly to meet learners’ needs. Namely, these resources include teachers, time, spaces, funding, technology, as well as opportunities for community-based and place-based learning. It also requires increasing access and opening pathways toward future-focused learning experiences that will result in building knowledge and skills for lifelong learning and success.
The following is an excerpt and transcript of the Aurora Institute 2019 Symposium TED-style keynote address, delivered…
Each year at our annual Symposium, Matthew Shea and Courtney Belolan manage the Voices Hub. It’s a…
The following is part 2 of an excerpt and transcript of the Aurora Institute 2019 Symposium opening…
Competency-based education systems hold promise for maximizing the learning and growth of all students. If well designed…