ARLINGTON, Va., April 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With the goal of transforming
the K-12 education system to provide every learner with an
engaging, future-focused, and empowering education, the Aurora
Institute has today launched its annual state policy
priorities.
The Aurora Institute's state policy recommendations focus on a
set of six policy areas geared at transforming the nation's K-12
education system to be more relevant, equitable, and effective.
Taken together, the policy priorities challenge lawmakers and
education decision-makers to wield their influence and take
advantage of opportunities to disrupt the traditional
one-size-fits-all model of K-12 teaching and learning and unleash
learning from the confines of place and time. The priorities
include:
- Establishing a vision by developing a Profile of a
Graduate
- Creating the conditions for equitable learner-centered,
competency-based education systems
- Transforming systems of assessments
- Aligning accountability and data systems
- Supporting educators to thrive in a competency-based
system
- Redesigning learning experiences
"This set of policy recommendations allow state policymakers to
set the stage for advancing more equitable and effective K-12
systems that are personalized to the needs of each learner," said
Virgel Hammonds, CEO of the Aurora
Institute. "This set of policy recommendations allows state
policymakers to create the conditions to enable such a future."
At the state level, the Aurora Institute conducts policy
analysis and provides recommendations to governors, state
legislators, education agencies, state boards, education leaders,
and other local policymakers to work together with their
communities to transform education systems; advance
competency-based education systems and align pathways; build
capacity by investing in people, rethink accountability and
assessment, and advance educational equity.
Download our 2024 state policy recommendations for a full
analysis of these issues. Policymakers at all levels are
encouraged to contact the Aurora Institute for more information or
assistance.
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