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Focusing on the "WHY"
In this week’s AFL Stories from Aurora, there is a focus on WHY–why educators do the work they do, why the Assessment for Learning...

Convening Storytelling Team
Jun 5, 20244 min read


Connecting Grading and Learning
For this week’s AFL Stories from Aurora, Colorado, we are sharing stories that call into question the connection between grading and...

Convening Storytelling Team
May 29, 20243 min read


Creating Embodied Learning Spaces
For this week’s AFL Stories from Aurora, we are sharing two reflections from educators. In Yvette Lanari’s, “Four Weeks,” she shares the...

Convening Storytelling Team
May 8, 20244 min read


The Power of Choice
Education has long been criticized for its rigid, teacher-centered approach, where students passively receive information and regurgitate...

Convening Storytelling Team
May 1, 20244 min read


Reflections on Grading Inspired by New Legacy Charter School
Paul shares a slide deck on thoughts that came up about grading while in Aurora. Please click on the gallery to view it larger....

Convening Storytelling Team
Apr 25, 20241 min read


Inspirations from the AFL Convening in January
Following the two day journey of the Assessment for Learning convening in Aurora in January 2024, our team felt motivated to enact change...

Convening Storytelling Team
Apr 23, 20242 min read


Challenges, Identity, and Hope
For this week’s AFL Stories from Aurora, we are sharing two poems from members of the Assessment For Learning Community. In Hannah...

Convening Storytelling Team
Apr 18, 20243 min read


Letter to Daniel
Dear Daniel, It began with a couple texts to your mom letting her know you weren’t in school. After all, as a mom of boys your age, I...

Convening Storytelling Team
Apr 11, 20243 min read


New Legacies + Adjacent Possibilities: Jigsawing Prototypes
According to popular science author and media theorist Steven Johnson, the “adjacent possible” is a space at “the edges of the present...

Convening Storytelling Team
Apr 2, 20244 min read


Fewer Priorities, Done Well
He who devotes himself to learning (seeks) from day to day to increase (his knowledge); he who devotes himself to [wisdom] (seeks) from...

Convening Storytelling Team
Mar 28, 20245 min read


Designed with Love: Empowering Parents for Real-World Success
The emotions bubbled up in my voice as I went to ask a question and I had to pause before I spoke. The young woman sitting in front of me...

Convening Storytelling Team
Mar 26, 20244 min read


AFL Voices: Stories from Aurora
Rita Harvey Center for Innovation in Education For the 2024 year of learning, the Assessment for Learning Community is zooming in on two...

Convening Storytelling Team
Mar 20, 20243 min read



Convening Storytelling Team
Oct 15, 20230 min read


Experiences of Our Storytellers
By Gary Chapin Writer, Educating for Good In November, we came up with a plan. While another part of the Assessment for Learning team was...

Gary Chapin
Sep 29, 20234 min read


Our Plan Came Together
By Gary Chapin Writer, Educating for Good “I love it when a plan comes together.” — Hannibal Smith, The A-team, 1983 In November, we came...

Gary Chapin
Sep 26, 20235 min read


Building Belonging On the Ground: A Story About One School
By Gary Chapin Writer, Educating for Good This is the third in a series of pieces on the importance of Belonging in Assessment for...

Convening Storytelling Team
Aug 29, 20234 min read


Moving Beyond Alignment to Coherence
By Jillian Kuhlmann We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out...

Convening Storytelling Team
Aug 23, 20233 min read


Becoming an Independent Learner: A Conversation with Charli
By Ryan Mick We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our...

Convening Storytelling Team
Aug 16, 20233 min read


Tucson High Magnet School
We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our convening in...

Convening Storytelling Team
Aug 9, 20232 min read


Stories of Equity, Belonging, and Liberation
We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our convening in...

Convening Storytelling Team
Aug 1, 20234 min read
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