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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

At the Aurora Institute Symposium 2024, A Call to Center Young People and Transform K-12 Systems

November 21, 2024

Chiara Wegener, Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium

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, Design for Educational Equity, Redefine Student Success

Talking Leadership and Transitions with Ron Schmidt

November 14, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

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

Competency-Based Education Across America

November 6, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

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

Design Considerations for Student Competency Frameworks

October 29, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

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

An AI Design Sprint: A Glimpse into the Future of Education 

October 25, 2024

Dr. Loretta Goodwin

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

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 Erika Twani, Founder of the Learning One to One Foundation and Aurora Institute Symposium 2024 Keynoter

October 18, 2024

Chiara Wegener

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

We Can’t Wait to See You in the Crescent City!

October 15, 2024

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium

Agency By Design: The Continuum of Choice

October 10, 2024

Marsha Jones, Annette Thompson, Derek Wenmoth

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

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, Activate Student Agency, Learn Lessons from the Field

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, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Lead Change and Innovation

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

CTE and CBE: A Blueprint for High-Quality Instruction

September 26, 2024

Aaron Duvall

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

In Conversation with Sabba Quidwai, Founder of Designing Schools and Aurora Institute Symposium 2024 Keynoter

September 19, 2024

Chiara Wegener

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

MUltilingual Strategies for Educators (Project MUSE): Extending the Reach of Teacher Mastery with the ExcEL Leadership Academy

September 12, 2024

Alison L. Bailey, Edwin Zamora

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning

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: Project-Based Learning at ACE Leadership High School

August 27, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

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

Innovation in New Mexico: Capstone Projects as a Path to Better Engage Students

August 20, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Redefine Student Success

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

August 14, 2024

Eliot Levine

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

Innovation in New Mexico: Defining Local Visions of Graduate Success

August 6, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

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

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

Voices of Indigenous Educators Series: “How do we prepare them? Sure, academics play a part, but holistic wellness does too.” - Sage Fast Dog

July 24, 2024

Sage Fast Dog with Aurora Institute and Liber Institute

Issue(s): Community Schools, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Engage Community, Lead Change and Innovation