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The Latest Milestones and Lessons from Lindsay Unified

March 11, 2025

Laurie Gagnon

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

Deeper Student-Centeredness: Where Cultural Heritage and Mastery-Based Learning Meet

March 4, 2025

Chris Sturgis, in partnership with New Learning Collaborative.

Issue(s): Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

The Importance of Competency-Based Education and the Mentor Mindset for Equity

February 18, 2025

John Clemente

Issue(s): Redefine Student Success, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community

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

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

Competency-Based Education: Moving Forward with Purpose

December 6, 2024

Chris Sturgis

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

Making a Portrait of a Graduate Authentic and Dynamic

November 25, 2024

Kyle Dunbar, Laura Mandell, Brandi Swavely, Kelly Mills, Anthony Baker

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

A Conversation about Leadership with Adam Aronson

November 15, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field, Redefine Student Success, Design for Educational Equity

Competency-Based Education Across America

November 6, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

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

Chicago Students Build Key Adaptive Competencies while Exploring the Boundaries of AI and Creativity

October 22, 2024

Savannah Bell, Molly Hintz, Sonjanita Moore

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

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

In Conversation with Rhonda Broussard, Founder and CEO of Beloved Community and Aurora Institute Symposium 2024 Keynoter

September 30, 2024

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium, Learn Lessons from the Field

Innovation in New Mexico: Bringing Work-Based Learning to Scale at ACE Leadership High School

September 4, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Community Schools, Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Innovation in New Mexico: Project-Based Learning at ACE Leadership High School

August 27, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

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

Innovation in New Mexico: Defining Local Visions of Graduate Success

August 6, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Learn Lessons from the Field

Voices of Indigenous Educators Series: “We're all in this canoe together.” – Sui-Lan Hoʻokano

July 11, 2024

Sui-Lan Ho’okano with the Aurora Institute and Liber Institute

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

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 Wyoming Future of Learning Pilot: Student-Centered and Competency-Based

June 13, 2024

Amy Starzynski

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Learn Lessons from the Field

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

Shifting to PCBL with Intentionality at a Large High School

April 25, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

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

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