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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

Competency-Based Learning: Emphasizing Life Skills, Reflection, and Proficiency

May 1, 2025

Jason Krobatsch

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Co-Developing a Student Survey with Washington Stakeholders

April 29, 2025

Kelly Organ

Issue(s): Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

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

Local Accountability in Shelby County, Kentucky: Leaning into What Matters

April 10, 2025

Adam Hicks, Daniel Pfaff

Issue(s): Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement

Opportunities for State and Local Collaboration to Design New Accountability Models

April 7, 2025

Laurie Gagnon, Virgel Hammonds

Issue(s): Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Calibration Supports Quality for Flexible, Competency-Based Systems

April 3, 2025

Laurie Gagnon, Katie Wilczak

Issue(s): Redefine Student Success, Design for Educational Equity, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

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

Leadership for Personalized, Competency-Based Learning

February 26, 2025

Shelby Taylor

Issue(s): Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

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

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

Transforming Learning: The Power of Competency-Based Models

January 15, 2025

Claire Robertson-Kraft

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Redefine Student Success

Learner-Centered Ecosystems as a Path Forward for Public Education: A Convergence of Perspectives and Research

December 12, 2024

Karen Pittman

Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium, Lead Change and Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Equitable Grading: A Competency-Based Education Entry Point and Core Practice

December 10, 2024

Joe Feldman

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Redefine Student Success, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Design for Educational Equity

The Field of Competency-Based Education Is In Motion

December 5, 2024

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium, State Policy, Issues in Practice

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

Talking Leadership and Transitions with Ron Schmidt

November 14, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Design for Educational Equity, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Design Considerations for Student Competency Frameworks

October 29, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Redefine Student Success, Lead Change and Innovation

Using the CBL School Design Rubric to Refine and Deepen Work in one New Hampshire School District

October 3, 2024

Jennifer Mathieu, Brian M. Stack, Jonathan G. Vander Els

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Lead Change and Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

USED Awards $30 Million to States for Assessment Innovation

September 9, 2024

Virgel Hammonds, Jennifer Cohen Kabaker

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

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: 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

School and State Transformation in Washington: Lessons from the Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative’s First Three Years

August 14, 2024

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality

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