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Local Accountability in Shelby County, Kentucky: Leaning into What Matters

April 10, 2025

Adam Hicks, Daniel Pfaff

Issue(s): Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement

Opportunities for State and Local Collaboration to Design New Accountability Models

April 7, 2025

Laurie Gagnon, Virgel Hammonds

Issue(s): Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Calibration Supports Quality for Flexible, Competency-Based Systems

April 3, 2025

Laurie Gagnon, Katie Wilczak

Issue(s): Redefine Student Success, Design for Educational Equity, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

My Learning Journey with AI

March 27, 2025

Dr. Loretta Goodwin

Generative AI & The Future of Learning

March 25, 2025

Dr. Loretta Goodwin

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field

Grounded in Their Competency Model, Boston Day and Evening Academy Evolves and Sustains

March 18, 2025

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

The Latest Milestones and Lessons from Lindsay Unified

March 11, 2025

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community

Deeper Student-Centeredness: Where Cultural Heritage and Mastery-Based Learning Meet

March 4, 2025

Chris Sturgis, in partnership with New Learning Collaborative.

Issue(s): Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Leadership for Personalized, Competency-Based Learning

February 26, 2025

Shelby Taylor

Issue(s): Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Models for Changing Mindsets

February 20, 2025

Gary Chapin

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium, Lead Change and Innovation

The Importance of Competency-Based Education and the Mentor Mindset for Equity

February 18, 2025

John Clemente

Issue(s): Redefine Student Success, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community

Youth Voices: CBE In the Classroom and Beyond

February 13, 2025

Samarah Bentley

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium, Activate Student Agency

A Conversation with Dr. Keeanna Warren of Purdue Polytechnic High Schools

February 11, 2025

Laurie Gagnon, Keeanna Warren

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Busting Barriers with AI

February 5, 2025

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

Three Lessons for Creating a Culture of Learning from BFA Fairfax

January 29, 2025

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

BFA Fairfax’s Proficiency-Based System Is a Learning System

January 27, 2025

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Redefine Student Success, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency

Building a Shared Space of Innovative Research and Learning

January 23, 2025

Dr. Beth Holland, Dr. Rebecca Wolfe, Rolando Fernando, and Dr. Jilliam Joe

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium, Lead Change and Innovation, Evaluate Quality

Top Ten CompetencyWorksAuthors of 2024

January 17, 2025

Laurie Gagnon, Dorothy Clerk

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Transforming Learning: The Power of Competency-Based Models

January 15, 2025

Claire Robertson-Kraft

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Redefine Student Success

How to Have a Conversation About Transformational Leadership

January 9, 2025

Gary Chapin

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium, Lead Change and Innovation

Full Steam Ahead…Together: A Shared Tagline for the CBE Community

January 6, 2025

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium

Pennsylvania's Journey Towards Student-Centered Learning: Building a Collaborative Statewide Movement

December 19, 2024

Josh Ecker, Kylie Hand

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Lead Change and Innovation

Designing for Big Picture Learning at New Village Girls Academy

December 17, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Learner-Centered Ecosystems as a Path Forward for Public Education: A Convergence of Perspectives and Research

December 12, 2024

Karen Pittman

Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium, Lead Change and Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Celebrating Stories with Leadership Journeys

December 11, 2024

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium