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Help Aurora Make it to SXSWEDU 2023!

August 11, 2022

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute

Education Domain Blog

Registration for Symposium 2022 is Now Open!

June 7, 2022

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium

Education Domain Blog

Federal Government Makes Historic Investments for FY 2022 for the Competitive Grants for State Assessments Program: Legislative Update

March 29, 2022

Susan Patrick

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

Education Domain Blog

4 Key Takeaways from #SXSWEDU2022

March 14, 2022

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Issues in Practice

Education Domain Blog

The Aurora Institute Seeks Input on Annual Field Survey from Members

March 9, 2022

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium

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

Education Domain Blog

Announcing the Aurora Institute Symposium 2022 Request for Presentation Proposals

February 16, 2022

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium

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

Agency by Design

November 3, 2021

Derek Wenmoth, Marsha Jones, Joseph DiMartino

Issue(s): How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

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

Aurora Institute Issues Call to Action for Federal Policymakers in New Report - Federal Policy Priorities: Charting a New Path for America’s Learners

October 19, 2021

Susan Patrick, Alexis Chambers, Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Modernize HEA, Increase Access to Broadband, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

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

Education Domain Blog

Federal and State Policy Updates Published September 2021

September 9, 2021

Alexis Chambers, Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy

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

Register for the Aurora Institute Symposium for Leading and Learning on Transformation of K-12 Education to Personalized, Competency-Based Education

August 4, 2021

Aurora Institute Communications

Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium

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

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

Education Domain Blog

Center for Policy and Advocacy April 2021 Updates

May 6, 2021

Alexis Chambers, Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Aurora Institute Seeks Field Input on Annual Stakeholder Survey

March 30, 2021

DeQuendre Bertrand

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

Education Domain Blog

Center for Policy and Advocacy March 2021 Updates

March 28, 2021

Alexis Chambers, Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Increase Access to Broadband, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments