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

August 19, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

Implementing Competency-Based Education in Your School or District: A Tool to Help You Chart Your Journey

July 8, 2021

Brian Stack, Jonathan Vander Els

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

101 Practice Suggestions from the Aurora Institute Annual Survey

May 19, 2021

Eliot Levine

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

Springpoint’s Phased Approach to Implementing Competency-Based Education, Phase Three: School Schedule and Student Learning Progression

April 15, 2021

Elina Alayeva, Christy Kingham

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

Springpoint’s Phased Approach to Implementing Competency-Based Education, Phase Two: Scaling Key Practices and Building Core Systems

April 12, 2021

Elina Alayeva, Christy Kingham

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

Springpoint’s Phased Approach to Implementing Competency-Based Education, Phase One: Establishing a Solid Foundation

April 7, 2021

Elina Alayeva, Christy Kingham

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

Education Domain Blog

One Year In: Innovative Approaches to Learning During a Pandemic

March 25, 2021

Miho Kubagawa

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

Resources from the Strategic Reflection on the Field of Competency-Based Education

March 24, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

New Educational Equity Resources to Transform Schools and Systems

February 8, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Engage Community

Education Domain Blog

Innovation Is Everywhere

February 3, 2021

Jenny Curtin, Britt Neuhaus, Saskia Levy Thompson

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

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

January 27, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

Mere Engagement: Reflections about the Connections Between Online Learning, Student Agency, and Student Engagement

January 7, 2021

Laureen Avery, Marsha Jones, Sara Marr, Derek Wenmoth

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

Top 10 CompetencyWorks Blog Posts of 2020

January 1, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, 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

Education Domain Blog

How Vermont Is Strengthening Local Assessment Systems

December 10, 2020

Pat Fitzsimmons

Issue(s): Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community

Competency-Based Education in Harrisburg, South Dakota

December 9, 2020

Travis Lape

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Flex-Mod Scheduling to Enable Competency-Based Learning

November 16, 2020

Eliot Levine

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

Education Domain Blog

Aurora 2020 Virtual Symposium Day 1 Wrap Up

October 27, 2020

Communications

Issue(s): Redefine Student Success, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community, Design for Educational Equity

CompetencyWorks Releases Report on Professional Learning Strategies to Strengthen Local Assessment Systems for Proficiency-Based Education

October 27, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

The Learner Promise: A Paradigm Shift Whose Time Has Come

October 22, 2020

Susan Patrick, Katherine Casey

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

Competency-Based Education Sessions at the 2020 Aurora Institute Symposium

October 14, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): 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

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

September 30, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, 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, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

Aurora Institute Symposium 2020 Is Going Virtual

September 11, 2020

Susan Patrick

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

Education Domain Blog

Announcing a Pre-Symposium Webinar Series - Building the Evidence Base for Personalized Learning

August 14, 2020

Communications

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

Education Domain Blog

Derek Wenmoth on the Development of Global Competencies

July 9, 2020

Derek Wenmoth

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

Education Domain Blog

The Aurora Institute 2020 Symposium In-Person Event Is Canceled: We’re Going Virtual

July 2, 2020

Susan Patrick

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