The Aurora Institute transforms the policy landscape to promote better policies and practices to advance student-centered learning …
The Aurora Institute researches and shares promising practices shaping the future of K-12 personalized, competency-based education …
An online resource to provide information and knowledge about competency education …
This report provides a roadmap and action steps for state policymakers to catalyze transformational change in K-12 education toward a future vision…
October 25-28, 2020
Aurora Institute’s annual conference is the industry’s leading event shaping the future of K-12 education. Experts, practitioners, educators, policymakers and researchers gather and work to transform education.
The Aurora Institute is the leading advocate for transforming learning. We leverage the power of personalized, competency-based learning models to accelerate the shift to student-centered learning …
The mission of the Aurora Institute is to drive the transformation of education systems and accelerate the advancement of breakthrough policies and practices to ensure high-quality learning for all.
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The following is an excerpted transcript of the State of the Field address, delivered on October 28th at the 2019 Symposium by Aurora Institute President and CEO Susan Patrick. In the address, Susan shares global trends in education, key features of new innovative school models, updates to the definition of competency-based education (CBE), and the […]
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We have reached a tipping point in recognizing the potential of competency-based education (CBE) to transform K-12 education and providing policy to support these changes. As of today, all 50 states have some form of supportive policy or flexibility to allow competency-based learning. Today, CompetencyWorks, a project of the Aurora Institute, released the special update […]
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 14, 2019) — Eight years after releasing the field’s first working definition of competency-based education, CompetencyWorks (at the Aurora Institute, formerly iNACOL, @Aurora_Inst) has expanded the definition to reflect deepened understanding in the field and address the challenges of implementing student-centered learning models in K-12 education. Competency-based education, as defined by the […]
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Today, the CompetencyWorks initiative of the Aurora Institute (formerly iNACOL) released What Is Competency-Based Education? An Updated Definition. The report updates the 2011 working definition, which helped to build the field and create common understandings of key elements in competency-based systems among stakeholders. The definition has been used by schools to support design and implementation, […]
Resource
This report updates the field’s 2011 working definition of competency-based education, which helped to build the field and create common understandings of key elements in competency-based systems among stakeholders. Competency-based education is being implemented at deeper levels in more schools every year. It is a major shift in school culture, structures, and pedagogy focused on […]
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It’s been eight years since the field developed its working definition of competency-based education. This week, the Aurora Institute will unveil an updated definition. Our Research Director, Eliot Levine, who also manages the CompetencyWorks initiative, sat down to talk with Matthew Shea and Courtney Belolan about why the update was needed. Their conversation is the latest […]
