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One Year In: Innovative Approaches to Learning During a Pandemic

March 25, 2021

Miho Kubagawa

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Engage Community

Resources from the Strategic Reflection on the Field of Competency-Based Education

March 24, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, 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, Engage Community

Education Domain Blog

Our Call for Presentation Proposals for Aurora 2021 Closes Friday

March 23, 2021

DeQuendre Bertrand

Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium

A Cornucopia of Competency-Based Education Resources from Vermont

March 18, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Develop Educator Capacity, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction

Personalizing Professional Learning to Strengthen Personalized Learning for Students

March 11, 2021

Beth Holland, Ling Zhang

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

Education Domain Blog

U.S. Department of Education Issues State Guidance on Assessments This School Year Amid Pandemic 

March 9, 2021

Fred Jones, Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Personalizing Professional Learning to Increase Student Growth: Lessons from Lindsay Unified School District

March 9, 2021

Beth Holland, Ling Zhang

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

Announcing the 2021 Virtual Aurora Institute Symposium & Call for Proposals

March 8, 2021

DeQuendre Bertrand

Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium

Education Domain Blog

Aurora Institute Submits Comments on the E-Rate Expansion

March 5, 2021

Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Increase Access to Broadband, Design for Educational Equity

Structuring Standards-Based Instruction and Assessment at Vancouver iTech

March 3, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

New Episode of Innovation Spotlight Episode - Racial Equity in Education Policymaking

February 26, 2021

Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, State Policy, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce

Education Domain Blog

Aurora Institute Congratulates Christopher Rush as Next Director of Educational Technology

February 26, 2021

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Center for Policy and Advocacy February 2021 Updates

February 25, 2021

Alexis Chambers, Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

A Mastery-Based Math Teacher’s Journey, Part 4 – Embracing Problem-Solving and Further Refining Mastery Skills

February 24, 2021

Ashley Ferrara

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

A Mastery-Based Math Teacher’s Journey, Part 3 – Moving Away From “Covering” Everything

February 19, 2021

Ashley Ferrara

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

A Mastery-Based Math Teacher’s Journey, Part 2 – Refining Mastery Skills and Assessment Strategies

February 16, 2021

Ashley Ferrara

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

A Mastery-Based Math Teacher’s Journey, Part 1 – Initial (mis)Steps and the “Aha!” Moment

February 11, 2021

Ashley Ferrara

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

New Educational Equity Resources to Transform Schools and Systems

February 8, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Engage Community

Education Domain Blog

Innovation Is Everywhere

February 3, 2021

Jenny Curtin, Britt Neuhaus, Saskia Levy Thompson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

Public Comments Submitted on the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

February 1, 2021

Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Increase Access to Broadband

Education Domain Blog

Center for Policy January 2021 Updates

January 29, 2021

Alexis Chambers, Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy

Education Domain Blog

Ensure Anytime, Anyplace Learning and Enable Competency-Based Learning in Distance Learning

January 28, 2021

Laureen Avery, Marsha Jones, Sara Marr, Derek Wenmoth

Issue(s): Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

January 27, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, 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, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

What Do We Know About the Implementation and Outcomes of Personalized, Competency-Based Learning? A Synthesis of Research from 2000 to 2019

January 20, 2021

Carla M. Evans, Erika Landl, and Jeri Thompson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality

Education Domain Blog

Make the Implicit Explicit in Remote Learning

January 19, 2021

Laureen Avery, Marsha Jones, Sara Marr, Derek Wenmoth