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Innovation in New Mexico: The Origins of Community-Driven, Student-Centered Systems Change

July 30, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Community Schools, State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Fund Innovation, Commit to Equity

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

Empowering ELL Students and Myself: One New Hampshire Teacher’s Micro-Credential Experience

May 3, 2024

Caitlin Lomando

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce

Finding My Future: My Big Picture Learning Experience

March 14, 2024

Izaiah Jones

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Educator Micro-Credentials: Better for My Learning and Better for Students

March 12, 2024

Jessica Mazo

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

Rethinking Learning Through Educator Micro-Credentials

March 5, 2024

Michaela McCaughey

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

Education Domain Blog

Letter to USED: Improving the Competitive Grants for State Assessments Program

February 22, 2024

Aurora Institute

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

WIOA Reauthorization: Federal Policy to Support Work-Based Learning

January 25, 2024

Aurora Institute

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy

Celebrating 10 Years of Flexible Pathways Legislation in Vermont

December 21, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

New Resource for Guiding Assessment Innovation

December 15, 2023

Aurora Institute

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy

Science of Learning: The Engine that Powers Competency-Based Schools

December 12, 2023

Natalie Young

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

A Step Forward in ESRA Reauthorization

December 12, 2023

Aurora Institute

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy

Education Domain Blog

Promising Steps Towards Innovative Assessment Through IADA Guidance

November 30, 2023

Aurora Institute

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

CBE's Equity Principle: Culturally Responsive Teaching as the Foundation

November 15, 2023

Briana Medina, Khamiah Alderman

Issue(s): Commit to Equity, Design for Educational Equity, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

#Aurora23: Next Gen Credentials, Work-Based Learning, and More

September 26, 2023

Laurie Gagnon, Briana Medina

Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field

NCAA Initial Eligibility and Student-Centered Learning

September 14, 2023

Sarah Overpeck

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

Education Domain Blog

Increasing Access to Work-Based Learning: Federal Policy Recommendations

July 26, 2023

Khamiah Alderman, Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Fund Innovation

Education Domain Blog

Beyond the Traditional Transcript: State Policy Recommendations for Next Gen Credentials

June 26, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Rethinking the High School Transcript for the Future of Learning

June 13, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Imagine a World Where We Can See the Full Picture

June 12, 2023

Erin Mote

Issue(s): State Policy

Education Domain Blog

Innovating Towards Next Generation Accountability

May 8, 2023

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement

An Introduction to Competency-Based Education with Students and School Leaders

March 9, 2023

Alyssa Weaver

Issue(s): How to Get Started, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

CBE Starter Pack 7: Establish Rigorous, Common Expectations with Meaningful Competencies

February 28, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started

CBE Starter Pack 6: Equity Strategies Drive Culture, Structures, and Pedagogy

January 31, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

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