Strategies and Tools for Remote Learning from the Aurora Institute Member Survey
For schools beginning the school year with remote or hybrid learning, this blog post shares what the Aurora Institute learned
August 12, 2020
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The Virtuous Cycle of Student Agency
This is the second of two guest posts by James Neihof, the recent past superintendent of Shelby County Public Schools
August 5, 2020
The Learning Sciences: How the Brain Was Built to Learn
This is the first of two guest posts by James Neihof, the recent past superintendent of Shelby County Public Schools
July 30, 2020
Competency-Based District Leaders on Managing Change During the Pandemic
Headlines during the coronavirus pandemic suggest that many American schools had a disastrous spring in terms of student engagement and
July 16, 2020
Book Review: So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
Equity is at the heart of competency-based education, and racism is one of our greatest obstacles to achieving equity. As
July 9, 2020
Supporting the Development of Student-Designed Performance Assessments
In this final blog post of a four-part series, I provide examples of student-designed performance assessments and strategies for supporting
July 2, 2020
Student-Designed Performance Assessments for Personalized Learning and Student Agency
In this third blog post of a four-part series, I will dig deeper into the Vermont Agency of Education’s work
June 29, 2020
Improving Student-Centered Assessment Systems With Formative and Summative Performance Assessments
In this second blog post of a four-part series, I dig deeper into the Vermont Agency of Education’s work to
June 25, 2020
Essential Components of Local Assessment Systems for Personalized, Proficiency-Based Learning
This is the first post in a series by Pat Fitzsimmons, Team Leader of Proficiency-Based Learning at the Vermont Agency
June 22, 2020
Transitioning and Sustaining Competency-Based Education During School Closures
South Bronx Community Charter High School (SBC) launched in 2016 with a strong competency-based education approach, as described in the
June 16, 2020