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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

Using My Voice to Shape My High School

December 19, 2023

London Gray

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

Reflections from reDesign's Youth-Led Session at #Aurora23

December 7, 2023

Rohan Menon

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

Rekindling Our Commitment with Inspiration from the Aurora Institute Symposium 2023

November 30, 2023

Nikolaus Namba

Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium, Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

Student Vlogs: A New Way to Elevate Student Voice in CBE

October 27, 2023

Riley Chong, Briana Medina

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

A Learner's CBE Journey

October 16, 2023

Jay Jay Pina

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

Flexible, Competency-Based Learning in Action at COA

October 12, 2023

Laurie Gagnon, Adam Aronson

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

The Evolution of a Competency-Based Academic Model at Chelsea Opportunity Academy

October 5, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency, Design for Educational Equity

A New Framework to IMPACT Building a Defensible Body of Evidence

October 3, 2023

Karin Hess

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

Chelsea Opportunity Academy: Relationships, Flexibility, and Competency-Based from the Start

September 28, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

Develop a Practice of Learning Partnership Conversations to Center Student Voice in Professional Learning

September 19, 2023

Nina Portugal

Issue(s): Support Professional Learning, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

It's Time to Level the Post-Secondary Playing Field: Six Principles for Building a Career Pathways Program

September 1, 2023

Melissa Olson

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

A (Self) Portrait of a Graduate

August 2, 2023

Courtney Williams

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

The X3 Internship Program Models a Vision for Work-Based Learning

July 24, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

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

The Power of Work-Based Learning in Competency-Based Education

July 18, 2023

Khamiah Alderman

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency, Leverage Career and Technical Education

How Being in a Competency-Based Learning Environment Prepared Me for College

May 26, 2023

Briana Medina

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

Student Reflections on the Competency-Based Tier System at Brooklyn Collaborative

April 25, 2023

Miariam Khalil

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

Advice from the Field: Initiating, Sustaining, and Scaling Personalized, Competency-Based Learning

April 7, 2023

Maegan Bowersox

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

Culture is the Foundation: Building Relationships and Community at ACE

February 16, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

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

4 Keys to Building Deeper Critical and Creative Thinking in Your Classroom

February 7, 2023

Karin Hess

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

Personalized Learning Plans at Bellows Free Academy in Fairfax, Vermont

January 3, 2023

Jensen Welch

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

When Students and Adults Work Together Toward Change

December 8, 2022

Jensen Welch

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

Education Domain Blog

Lessons from an Australian School: 4 Key Strategies for Promoting Student Agency

December 1, 2022

Chiara Wegener

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

CBE Starter Pack 1: Students are Empowered Daily

August 25, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

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

It Starts with Us: An Exploration of Teachers as Self-Directed Leaders

August 11, 2022

Sarah Hayes

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