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Celebrating Stories with Leadership Journeys

December 11, 2024

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium

Equitable Grading: A Competency-Based Education Entry Point and Core Practice

December 10, 2024

Joe Feldman

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Redefine Student Success, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Design for Educational Equity

Competency-Based Education: Moving Forward with Purpose

December 6, 2024

Chris Sturgis

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

The Field of Competency-Based Education Is In Motion

December 5, 2024

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium, State Policy, Issues in Practice

First 100 Days Recommendations: Memo to the Trump-Vance Transition Team

December 3, 2024

Aurora Institute

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Federal Policy

Making a Portrait of a Graduate Authentic and Dynamic

November 25, 2024

Kyle Dunbar, Laura Mandell, Brandi Swavely, Kelly Mills, Anthony Baker

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

A Conversation about Leadership with Adam Aronson

November 15, 2024

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field, Redefine Student Success, Design for Educational Equity

Talking Leadership and Transitions with Ron Schmidt

November 14, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Design for Educational Equity, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Competency-Based Education Across America

November 6, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

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

Design Considerations for Student Competency Frameworks

October 29, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Redefine Student Success, Lead Change and Innovation

An AI Design Sprint: A Glimpse into the Future of Education 

October 25, 2024

Dr. Loretta Goodwin

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

Chicago Students Build Key Adaptive Competencies while Exploring the Boundaries of AI and Creativity

October 22, 2024

Savannah Bell, Molly Hintz, Sonjanita Moore

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Learn Lessons from the Field

We Can’t Wait to See You in the Crescent City!

October 15, 2024

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium

Agency By Design: The Continuum of Choice

October 10, 2024

Marsha Jones, Annette Thompson, Derek Wenmoth

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

In Conversation With Carlos Moreno, Co-Executive Director of Big Picture Learning and Aurora Institute Symposium 2024 Keynoter

October 7, 2024

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Using the CBL School Design Rubric to Refine and Deepen Work in one New Hampshire School District

October 3, 2024

Jennifer Mathieu, Brian M. Stack, Jonathan G. Vander Els

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

In Conversation with Rhonda Broussard, Founder and CEO of Beloved Community and Aurora Institute Symposium 2024 Keynoter

September 30, 2024

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium, Learn Lessons from the Field

CTE and CBE: A Blueprint for High-Quality Instruction

September 26, 2024

Aaron Duvall

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

MUltilingual Strategies for Educators (Project MUSE): Extending the Reach of Teacher Mastery with the ExcEL Leadership Academy

September 12, 2024

Alison L. Bailey, Edwin Zamora

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning

USED Awards $30 Million to States for Assessment Innovation

September 9, 2024

Virgel Hammonds, Jennifer Cohen Kabaker

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

Innovation in New Mexico: Bringing Work-Based Learning to Scale at ACE Leadership High School

September 4, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Community Schools, Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Innovation in New Mexico: Project-Based Learning at ACE Leadership High School

August 27, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field