How can we create an equitable school environment that doesn't identify struggling students as the problem, but honors individual context and addresses inequitable structures? Learn more from @Turnaround's #Aurora21 Day 3 breakout session recording: aurora-institute.org/symposiu…
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Reimagine Education: Leading Competency-based Learning Redesign
October 21, 2021
Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education
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Aurora Institute Issues Call to Action for Federal Policymakers in New Report - Federal Policy Priorities: Charting a New Path for America’s Learners
October 19, 2021
Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Modernize HEA, Increase Access to Broadband, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments
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From One-Size-Fits-All Education to Learning Ecosystems: Our Call-to-Action for States
June 18, 2021
Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education
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Aurora Institute Congratulates Christopher Rush as Next Director of Educational Technology
February 26, 2021
Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments
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Better than Before
January 14, 2021
Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Federal Policy, State Policy
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Statement on the Violent Storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021
January 7, 2021
Issue(s): Aurora Institute
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Aurora Institute Issues Statement on the Nomination of Dr. Miguel A. Cardona as Education Secretary
January 4, 2021
Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments
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What Does Attendance Mean in the COVID-19 Era? New Issue Brief Offers Analysis and Recommendations
November 13, 2020
Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery, not Seat Time
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The Learner Promise: A Paradigm Shift Whose Time Has Come
October 22, 2020
Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Design for Educational Equity, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery, not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency
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Aurora Institute Symposium 2020 Is Going Virtual
September 11, 2020
Issue(s): Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field
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Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era
August 25, 2020
Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Increase Access to Broadband, State Policy, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery, not Seat Time
Education Domain Blog
Moving from One-Size-Fits-All: Changes Needed for Innovative Assessment Pilots in the Wake of COVID-19
August 11, 2020
Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education
Education Domain Blog
The Aurora Institute 2020 Symposium In-Person Event Is Canceled: We’re Going Virtual
July 2, 2020
Issue(s): Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field
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New Innovation Spotlight Podcast Episode - 2020 Federal and State Policy Priorities
June 5, 2020
Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA, Increase Access to Broadband, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery, not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education
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A Collective Call to Transform Anguish into Action
June 2, 2020
Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, State Policy, Issues in Practice
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Aurora Institute Applauds Proposed Education Department Priorities for Teacher-Led Professional Learning
May 18, 2020
Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning
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U.S. Department of Education Announces New $300M Competitive Grant Program for Rethinking Education
April 27, 2020
Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education
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Aurora Institute Announces Federal and State Policy Agenda
April 9, 2020
Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Modernize HEA, Increase Access to Broadband, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery, not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education
Education Domain Blog
2020 Aurora Institute Symposium Planning and Coronavirus Response
March 5, 2020
Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field
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The State of the Field, 2019
December 6, 2019
Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery, not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community
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CompetencyWorks Releases Report Updating Definition of Competency-Based Education
November 14, 2019
Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency
CompetencyWorks Releases Report Updating Definition of Competency-Based Education
November 14, 2019
Issue(s): State Policy, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency, Design for Educational Equity
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iNACOL Has Become the Aurora Institute
October 29, 2019
Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation
