{"id":12820,"date":"2020-06-05T11:39:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T15:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/?p=12820"},"modified":"2022-11-03T19:51:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T23:51:18","slug":"new-innovation-spotlight-podcast-episode-2020-federal-and-state-policy-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/new-innovation-spotlight-podcast-episode-2020-federal-and-state-policy-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"New Innovation Spotlight Podcast Episode &#8211; 2020 Federal and State Policy Priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aurora Institute 2020 Federal And State Priorities by Aurora Institute Innovation Spotlight\" width=\"475\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F834659371&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=450&#038;maxwidth=475\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Aurora Institute President and CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/team\/susan-patrick\/\">Susan Patrick<\/a> and Policy Associate <a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/team\/alexis-chambers\/\">Alexis Chambers<\/a> recently sat down for an in-depth exploration of our <a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/aurora-institute-announces-federal-and-state-policy-agenda\/\">2020 Federal and State Policy Priorities<\/a>. With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plearnmc.com\/\">hosts<\/a> Matt Shea and Courtney Belolan, they discussed ideas and policy actions around:<\/p>\n<p>State Policy Priorities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Profiles of a Graduate<\/li>\n<li>Innovation Zones<\/li>\n<li>Competency-Based Education Task Forces and Pilots<\/li>\n<li>Credit Flexibility<\/li>\n<li>Meaningful Credentials<\/li>\n<li>Pathways Alignment<\/li>\n<li>Modernization of the Educator Workforce<\/li>\n<li>Diversification of the Educator Workforce<\/li>\n<li>Balanced Systems of Assessments<\/li>\n<li>Next-Generation Accountability Systems<\/li>\n<li>Continuity of Learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Federal Policy Priorities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparing Educator-Leaders for the Future<\/li>\n<li>Increasing Access and Affordability to Diversify Educator Talent Pools<\/li>\n<li>Expanding the Innovative Assessment Pilot<\/li>\n<li>Increasing Access to Broadband Connectivity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/resource\/federal-policy-priorities-to-accelerate-education-innovation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12496\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/federal-2020-thumb-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/federal-2020-thumb-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/federal-2020-thumb.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/resource\/future-focused-state-policy-actions-to-transform-k-12-education\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12503\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/state-2020-thumb-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/state-2020-thumb-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/state-2020-thumb.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/resource\/future-focused-state-policy-actions-to-transform-k-12-education\/\"><em>Future-Focused State Policy Actions to Transform K-12 Education<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/resource\/federal-policy-priorities-to-accelerate-education-innovation\/\">Federal Policy Priorities to Accelerate Education Innovation<\/a><\/em> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aurora Institute President and CEO Susan Patrick and Policy Associate Alexis Chambers recently sat down for an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"issue":[385,61,389,63,377,386,388,398,392,375,397,403,382,442,379],"location":[],"class_list":["post-12820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-redefine-student-success","issue-federal-policy","issue-create-meaningful-qualifications","issue-modernize-hea","issue-state-policy","issue-increase-access-to-broadband","issue-redesign-accountability-systems-for-continuous-improvement","issue-build-balanced-systems-of-assessments","issue-develop-educator-capacity","issue-design-for-educational-equity","issue-create-space-to-pilot-systems-of-assessments","issue-modernize-diversify-the-educator-leader-workforce","issue-create-pilots-and-innovation-zones","issue-base-learning-on-mastery-not-seat-time","issue-create-enabling-conditions-for-competency-based-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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