CompetencyWorks | August 2020

August 31, 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.

Competency-Based District Leaders on Managing Change During the Pandemic

Building the Evidence Base for Personalized Learning

Join a series of Aurora Institute webinars focused on the latest research and evaluation of personalized learning. You will be introduced to innovative strategies and thought-provoking questions driving the transformation of K-12 education systems.

Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era: Policy Actions and Responses to Leverage the Moment for Future Readiness

With the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, this new Aurora Institute report offers strategic guidance on how to harness current policy opportunities to transform K-12 education.

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Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era

Strategies and Tools for Remote Learning from the Aurora Institute Member Survey

Aurora Institute members share the strategies, resources, and tools have been most helpful for remote learning during COVID-19 school closures.

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The Learning Sciences: How the Brain was Built to Learn

Deeper learning requires teachers to plan learning experiences based on how the human brain works. Superintendent James Neihof explains and provides resources to help make it happen.

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The Learning Sciences: How the Brain Was Built to Learn

The Virtuous Cycle of Student Agency

Student agency leads to a virtuous cycle of productivity that moves from authentic motivation to focused action to objective success, explains Superintendent James Neihof in his series about Shelby County, Kentucky.

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Equity-Based Educational Research: Emerging Lessons from City Year’s Work

Jade Eckels and Jessica Proett explain City Year’s equity-based approach to research, which is central to the organization’s commitment to advance diversity, belonging, equity, and inclusion. Also see their recent Aurora Institute webinar that dives deeply into this work.

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Equity-based Educational Research: Emerging Lessons from City Year’s Work

Competency-Based Education Across America

CompetencyWorks updated its compendium of more than 200 blog posts highlighting competency-based education from school visits in 27 states to inform and inspire education system transformation.

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

Eliot Levine and Susan Patrick
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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