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From Good to Great, Initial to Ideal: A Way to Improve Exhibitions and Other Performance Assessments

May 15, 2023

Adam Watson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

The Shift In Action: Five Takeaways From Our Journey Towards A Competency-Based System

May 5, 2023

Dr. Melissa Olson, Joey Lee

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

What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

April 17, 2023

Laurie Gagnon, Alyssa Weaver, Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning, Learn Lessons from the Field

Implementation with Integrity

April 11, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

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

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

Equitable Grading Anchors NYC’s New Grading Policy Toolkit

March 30, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

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

Educator Support in Competency-Based Learning Schools

February 23, 2023

Brian M. Stack and Jonathan G. Vander Els

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

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

Education Domain Blog

Join the Aurora Institute at SXSW EDU 2023!

February 1, 2023

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction

Diving into a Deep Blue(grass) Sea of Innovation, Part Two: Early Lessons Learned When Implementing Multi-District Deeper Learning in Kentucky

January 25, 2023

Adam Watson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Develop Educator Capacity

Diving into a Deep Blue (grass) Sea of Innovation, Part One: How Educational Cooperatives and Deeper Learning Teams are Poised to Help Transform Kentucky Education

January 19, 2023

Adam Watson

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning

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

Education Domain Blog

The Quiet Revolution in Education: Building a More Effective, Personalized, Future-Focused Education System in Kentucky

November 28, 2022

Susan Patrick, Charles Reigeluth

Issue(s): Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Dangerous Conversations: The Importance of Empathy, Grace, and Skill

November 10, 2022

Gary Chapin

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

Navigating Personalized, Competency-Based Learning in Utah: The Cruise Ship & The Speedboat

October 25, 2022

Sydney Young and Michael Hakkarinen

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

Sabotage! How Our Implicit Biases and Mental Models Keep Us From “Walking the Talk”

October 13, 2022

Wendy Surr

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning

Professional Learning Exercises for Teachers Making the Shift to Equitable, Learner-Centered Education

October 6, 2022

Wendy Surr, Kim Carter, and Andrea Stewart

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning

Leading for Deeper Learning in Kentucky

September 27, 2022

Carmen Coleman

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

What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

August 18, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

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

Strategies for Responsive Pacing at the Success Center

June 2, 2022

Eliot Levine

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

A Roadmap for Personalized, Competency-Based Professional Learning

April 20, 2022

Andrea Stewart

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

Whose Standards Are We Privileging? Collaboration and Consultation with Indigenous Leaders

February 25, 2022

Jerad Koepp and Michael Smith

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

Building 21’s Leadership Competencies to Facilitate Competency-Based Learning

January 10, 2022

Sandra Moumoutjis

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

What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

December 2, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

A District-wide Personalized Professional Learning System to Advance Competency-Based Education

November 4, 2021

Eliot Levine

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