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Aurora Institute Mourns the Loss of Board Member Layla Avila

November 3, 2020

Susan Patrick

Education Domain Blog

More Insights from the 2020 Aurora Institute Symposium

October 29, 2020

Communications

Education Domain Blog

Aurora 2020 Virtual Symposium Day 1 Wrap Up

October 27, 2020

Communications

Issue(s): Redefine Student Success, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

Grading Policies Need to Be Re-Examined to Support the Shift to Competency-Based Education

October 23, 2020

Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Education Domain Blog

The Learner Promise: A Paradigm Shift Whose Time Has Come

October 22, 2020

Susan Patrick, Katherine Casey

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Design for Educational Equity, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

Move Away from Seat Time Credits to Awarding Credit Based on Demonstrated Mastery

October 22, 2020

Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Education Domain Blog

The Evolution of NCAA Nontraditional High School Program Reviews

October 6, 2020

Sarah Overpeck

Education Domain Blog

Systems Thinking Can Help Spark and Sustain Change

September 28, 2020

Katherine Prince

Education Domain Blog

Aurora Institute Symposium 2020 Is Going Virtual

September 11, 2020

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era

August 25, 2020

Susan Patrick, Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Increase Access to Broadband, State Policy, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Education Domain Blog

Build Teacher Capacity for Systemic Change by Investing in a Competency-Based Professional Learning System

August 17, 2020

Communications

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

Education Domain Blog

Announcing a Pre-Symposium Webinar Series - Building the Evidence Base for Personalized Learning

August 14, 2020

Communications

Issue(s): Lead Change and Innovation, Evaluate Quality, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

Moving from One-Size-Fits-All: Changes Needed for Innovative Assessment Pilots in the Wake of COVID-19

August 11, 2020

Susan Patrick, Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Eliot Levine Joins the Canopy Project Advisory Group to Help Identify Effective School Responses to COVID-19

July 31, 2020

Communications Staff

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

Education Domain Blog

The Learning Sciences Supports the Shift to Student-Centered Learning

July 22, 2020

Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Align K-12, Higher Education, CTE, and the Workforce with Competency-Based Pathways

July 20, 2020

Alexis Chambers

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

Education Domain Blog

Trends and Analysis of Learning Sciences Literature

July 15, 2020

Alexis Chambers

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

Education Domain Blog

Demonstration of Mastery Gives K-12 Credentials Their Meaning

July 13, 2020

Alexis Chambers

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

Education Domain Blog

Derek Wenmoth on the Development of Global Competencies

July 9, 2020

Derek Wenmoth

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

Education Domain Blog

A Review of the Literature on the Science of Learning and Development 

July 8, 2020

Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

From Seat Time to Credit Flexibility in Personalized, Competency-Based Education

July 6, 2020

Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

The Aurora Institute 2020 Symposium In-Person Event Is Canceled: We’re Going Virtual

July 2, 2020

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

Key Terms to Understand the Learning Sciences

June 29, 2020

Alexis Chambers

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

Education Domain Blog

Aligning the Education Policy with the Science of Learning

June 22, 2020

Alexis Chambers

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