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How Schools Are Infusing Trust, Autonomy, and Relevance into Learning

June 12, 2025

Jason Krobatsch

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

Youth Voices: Real World Preparation at PPHS

May 29, 2025

Juriette Dively

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

Proficiency-Based Learning at Winooski

May 22, 2025

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Community Schools, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Community-Centered Winooski

May 22, 2025

Laurie Gagnon

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

Leadership and Agency with Tom Rooney

April 24, 2025

Chiara Wegener, Thomas Rooney, Board Chair

Issue(s): Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

How Cognitive Neuroscience Informs Competency-Based Education: A Practical Guide

April 22, 2025

Dorothy Clerk

Issue(s): Create Meaningful Qualifications, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

Personalized Language Learning meets Proficiency-Based Credits in a Delaware Classroom

April 17, 2025

Tom Welch

Issue(s): Evaluate Quality, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

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

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

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

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

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

Innovation in New Mexico: Capstone Projects as a Path to Better Engage Students

August 20, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

Learning Through Micro-Credentials Enables Student-Centered Teaching Philosophy

June 27, 2024

Aubrey Ukuku

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Activate Student Agency

Student Agency in Action

June 20, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

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

The Culmination of Mastery and Community: Senior Exhibitions at the Parker School

June 6, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Getting Started With Real-World Learning at a Comprehensive High School

May 30, 2024

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

The Drive Towards Student Agency: Empowering Students to Make Choices on Their Learning Pathway 

April 18, 2024

Morgan Seely

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

Elevating Student Voice: Reflections From Across the U.S.

April 12, 2024

Briana Medina

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Activate Student Agency

A Handbook for Change: Empowering Learner Agency at TYWLS of Astoria

March 28, 2024

Greg Zimdahl

Issue(s): Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Mindsets and Resources for Unleashing Learner Agency

February 22, 2024

Derek Wenmoth, Marsha Jones

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency

A Student Experience in a Personalized, Career-Focused Competency-Based Model

January 4, 2024

Christopher Vargas Ibarra

Issue(s): Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community