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An Introduction to Competency-Based Education with Students and School Leaders

March 9, 2023

Alyssa Weaver

Issue(s): Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, How to Get Started

Education Domain Blog

The Aurora Institute Seeks Input on Policy Barriers and Issues Through Annual Field Survey

March 8, 2023

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Aurora Institute Symposium

CBE Starter Pack 7: Establish Rigorous, Common Expectations with Meaningful Competencies

February 28, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Education Domain Blog

Request for Proposals - Sponsor and Exhibitor Sales Specialist

February 24, 2023

Jazminn Williams

Issue(s): Aurora Institute

Educator Support in Competency-Based Learning Schools

February 23, 2023

Brian M. Stack and Jonathan G. Vander Els

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

Culture is the Foundation: Building Relationships and Community at ACE

February 16, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

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

Top Ten CompetencyWorks Blog Posts of 2022

February 14, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

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

4 Keys to Building Deeper Critical and Creative Thinking in Your Classroom

February 7, 2023

Karin Hess

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, How to Get Started, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Join the Aurora Institute at SXSW EDU 2023!

February 1, 2023

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction

CBE Starter Pack 6: Equity Strategies Drive Culture, Structures, and Pedagogy

January 31, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Diving into a Deep Blue(grass) Sea of Innovation, Part Two: Early Lessons Learned When Implementing Multi-District Deeper Learning in Kentucky

January 25, 2023

Adam Watson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Develop Educator Capacity

Diving into a Deep Blue (grass) Sea of Innovation, Part One: How Educational Cooperatives and Deeper Learning Teams are Poised to Help Transform Kentucky Education

January 19, 2023

Adam Watson

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

Building a Competency-Based Teacher Education Program: The High Meadows Experience, Part 2

January 10, 2023

Peter Laipson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field, Support Professional Learning, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce

Personalized Learning Plans at Bellows Free Academy in Fairfax, Vermont

January 3, 2023

Jensen Welch

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency, Learn Lessons from the Field, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

CBE Starter Pack 5: Learn Actively With Varied Pathways and Pacing

December 20, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

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

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Fake-quity: A Powerful Learning Moment from the 2022 Symposium

December 15, 2022

Laurie Gagnon, Maisha Maliha

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

Building a Competency-Based Teacher Education Program: The High Meadows Experience, Part 1

December 13, 2022

Peter Laipson

Issue(s): Develop Educator Capacity, Learn Lessons from the Field, Support Professional Learning

When Students and Adults Work Together Toward Change

December 8, 2022

Jensen Welch

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

Education Domain Blog

Lessons from an Australian School: 4 Key Strategies for Promoting Student Agency

December 1, 2022

Chiara Wegener

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

Why PD Must Be Learner-Centered, Too

December 1, 2022

Diana Lebeaux

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

Education Domain Blog

The Quiet Revolution in Education: Building a More Effective, Personalized, Future-Focused Education System in Kentucky

November 28, 2022

Susan Patrick, Charles Reigeluth

Issue(s): Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Fund Innovation, Redefine Student Success, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field, Rethink Instruction

Personalized, Competency-Based Learning Can and Should Replace Tracking – Here’s Why

November 23, 2022

Eric Toshalis and Virgel Hammonds

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

CBE Starter Pack 4: Progress Based on Mastery

November 17, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Dangerous Conversations: The Importance of Empathy, Grace, and Skill

November 10, 2022

Gary Chapin

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

Navigating Personalized, Competency-Based Learning in Utah: The Cruise Ship & The Speedboat

October 25, 2022

Sydney Young and Michael Hakkarinen

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