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Voices of Indigenous Educators Series: “We are still here, and we are going to flourish” – Dana Haukaas

July 17, 2024

Dana Haukaas with Aurora Institute and Liber Institute

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

Voices of Indigenous Educators Series: “We're all in this canoe together.” – Sui-Lan Hoʻokano

July 11, 2024

Sui-Lan Ho’okano with the Aurora Institute and Liber Institute

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Engage Community, Learn Lessons from the Field

Learning Through Micro-Credentials Enables Student-Centered Teaching Philosophy

June 27, 2024

Aubrey Ukuku

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency, Support Professional Learning

Student Agency in Action

June 20, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field

The Wyoming Future of Learning Pilot: Student-Centered and Competency-Based

June 13, 2024

Amy Starzynski

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Learn Lessons from the Field, State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

The Culmination of Mastery and Community: Senior Exhibitions at the Parker School

June 6, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

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

Education Domain Blog

Registration is Now Open for the Aurora Institute Symposium 2024

June 5, 2024

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium

Getting Started With Real-World Learning at a Comprehensive High School

May 30, 2024

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community, How to Get Started, Learn Lessons from the Field, Rethink Instruction

Competency-Based Education 101: Demystifying CBE, Unlocking Deep and Joyful Learning

May 17, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Issues in Practice

In Conversation With David Ruff, CompetencyWorks Advisor and Outgoing Executive Director of Great Schools Partnership

May 7, 2024

Chiara Wegener

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

Empowering ELL Students and Myself: One New Hampshire Teacher’s Micro-Credential Experience

May 3, 2024

Caitlin Lomando

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Support Professional Learning, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce

Shifting to PCBL with Intentionality at a Large High School

April 25, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

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

The Drive Towards Student Agency: Empowering Students to Make Choices on Their Learning Pathway 

April 18, 2024

Morgan Seely

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field

Elevating Student Voice: Reflections From Across the U.S.

April 12, 2024

Briana Medina

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency, Commit to Equity, Lead Change and Innovation

Illustrating the Competency-Based Education Definition

April 4, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

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

Education Domain Blog

Aurora Institute Welcomes Anpao Duta Flying Earth and Rebecca Midles to Board of Directors

April 2, 2024

Aurora Institute

Issue(s): Aurora Institute

A Handbook for Change: Empowering Learner Agency at TYWLS of Astoria

March 28, 2024

Greg Zimdahl

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

Grounding in Community: The Aurora Team Visits EQA Schools in NOLA 

March 21, 2024

Laurie Gagnon, Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium, Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field, Rethink Instruction

Finding My Future: My Big Picture Learning Experience

March 14, 2024

Izaiah Jones

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Educator Micro-Credentials: Better for My Learning and Better for Students

March 12, 2024

Jessica Mazo

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity

Rethinking Learning Through Educator Micro-Credentials

March 5, 2024

Michaela McCaughey

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity

Education Domain Blog

Getting to Know Aurora’s New CEO, Virgel Hammonds

March 5, 2024

Chiara Wegener

Beyond Packaging: Manifesting Mastery-Based Learning in the Classroom at TYWLS of Astoria

February 29, 2024

Greg Zimdahl

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

Mindsets and Resources for Unleashing Learner Agency

February 22, 2024

Derek Wenmoth, Marsha Jones

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency, Rethink Instruction