CompetencyWorks | April 2020

April 2, 2020

This monthly newsletter shares the latest CompetencyWorks blog posts and Aurora Institute publications—providing thought leadership and practical lessons learned from the field to support transformation toward personalized, competency-based K-12 schools and systems.

COVID-19 Continuity of Learning Resources

The Aurora Institute created this resource page to supply educators, school leaders, and education policymakers with resources to navigate the challenges presented by the coronavirus outbreak.

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Aurora Institute Symposium 2020 – Call For Proposals

The Aurora Institute is planning Symposium 2020 and has every expectation it will proceed Oct. 25-28, 2020, in San Antonio. Our call for presentation proposals is officially open until May 1, 2020.

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Strong Evidence of Competency-Based Education’s Effectiveness from Lindsay Unified School District

A recent study from Lindsay USD, which has implemented competency-based education deeply for several years, provides strong positive evidence of improving student outcomes and school climate.

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Building Coherent Grading and Reporting Systems in Competency-Based Education

Prominent competency-based education author and specialist Rose Colby wrote a series of three CompetencyWorks blog posts shares key steps for a multi-year process to transition to more equitable and coherent grading and reporting systems.

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Ensuring Responsiveness to Student Needs at Learn4Life Schools

Learn4Life, a network of 100 nonprofit learning centers that focus on high-need, traditionally underserved students in three states, exemplifies the competency-based education principle of ensuring responsiveness to student needs, with varied pacing, flexible scheduling, and many other innovations.

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CompetencyWorks Website Transition

CompetencyWorks is an initiative of the Aurora Institute. It has maintained a separate website since its founding but was integrated under our new brand. When the new Aurora Institute website goes live this spring, CompetencyWorks.org will become part of it. All CompetencyWorks blog posts and reports are now available on our new website.

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Wishing good health to you and your families, schools, and communities.

Eliot Levine, Susan Patrick, and Ashley Jones
Aurora Institute CompetencyWorks

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About CompetencyWorks

CompetencyWorks is an initiative that provides information and knowledge about competency-based education in the K-12 education system. Drawing on lessons learned by innovators and early adopters, CompetencyWorks is an online resource for sharing knowledge, original research and policy advances, and a variety of field perspectives. CompetencyWorks provides an informative blog with practitioner knowledge on key topics and papers on emerging issues, with resources curated from across the field of K-12 competency-based education.

Contact: Eliot Levine
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