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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

Building a Competency-Based Teacher Education Program: The High Meadows Experience, Part 2

January 10, 2023

Peter Laipson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Learn Lessons from the Field, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce

Personalized Learning Plans at Bellows Free Academy in Fairfax, Vermont

January 3, 2023

Jensen Welch

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

Building a Competency-Based Teacher Education Program: The High Meadows Experience, Part 1

December 13, 2022

Peter Laipson

Issue(s): Develop Educator Capacity, Support Professional Learning, Learn Lessons from the Field

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

CBE Starter Pack 4: Progress Based on Mastery

November 17, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Utah’s Launchpad to Personalized, Competency-Based Learning

October 25, 2022

Sydney Young and Michael Hakkarinen

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Using Competency Performance Levels as Predictors of College Persistence in Competency-Based Schools

June 22, 2022

Sandra Moumoutjis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

U.S. Department of Education Invites New Applications for Competitive Grants for State Assessments Program

February 24, 2022

Fred Jones

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

A Primer to Indigenous Education: A Case for Tribal Competency Crediting

February 22, 2022

Jerad Koepp and Michael Smith

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community

Synthesizing the Learning of the Idaho Mastery Education Network

January 20, 2022

Aaron McKinnon, Laurie Gagnon

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

Education Domain Blog

A Year in Review: 2021 State Legislative Snapshot of Student-Centered Learning Policy Advancements

December 22, 2021

Fred Jones, Jon Alfuth, Ben Erwin

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Reimagine Education: Leading Competency-based Learning Redesign

October 21, 2021

Susan Patrick

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

Education Domain Blog

Fred Jones Appointed to the Linked Learning Alliance's Board of Directors

September 29, 2021

Aurora Institute Communications

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Federal Policy, State Policy

Competency-Based Education Sessions at the 2021 Aurora Institute Symposium

September 15, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, 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, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

Federal and State Policy Updates Published September 2021

September 9, 2021

Alexis Chambers, Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy

Scaling and Spreading Equitable Practices Through the Profile of a South Carolina Graduate Competencies

September 2, 2021

South Carolina Office of Personalized Learning

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

Federal and State Policy Updates Published August 2021

August 4, 2021

Alexis Chambers, Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Fund Innovation

Education Domain Blog

How to Make Senior Capstones Truly Anti-Racist: Alternative Assessments Are Not Inherently Equitable Without Concerted Effort

July 21, 2021

Lisa Martinez

Issue(s): Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Federal and State Policy Updates Published July 12th

July 12, 2021

Alexis Chambers, Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Fund Innovation

Catalyzing Curriculum Redesign and Developing a Multicultural, Antiracist K-12 Content Map

July 1, 2021

Sydney Schaef

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction

Centering Student Voice in Statewide Assessment of Student Success Factors: Oregon’s SEED Survey

June 23, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

Education Domain Blog

From One-Size-Fits-All Education to Learning Ecosystems: Our Call-to-Action for States

June 18, 2021

Susan Patrick

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

Education Domain Blog

States Can Use Innovation Zones as K-12 Reimagines Its Future after COVID

June 3, 2021

Fred Jones, Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Where Did the Teachers of Color Go? Decolonizing Education Starts with Teacher Diversity

May 20, 2021

Kim Lanoy-Sandoval

Issue(s): Commit to Equity, Engage Community, Design for Educational Equity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce