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The Formulaic Trap: Why AI Finds Your Assignments Easy

David Ross

May 21, 2026

Ed Policy

Addressing Symptoms but not Problems: How Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn Shape the Modern Classroom

Guest Author, Beth Holland

May 19, 2026

EdTech

The Shift from Informed to Involved: NewSchools Summit as a Call For Agency and Collective Action

Jean Liu

May 15, 2026

Equity & Access

The Ozempic Problem: The Generative AI Norms Forming in Silence, and How Youth and Adults Can Shape Them

Guest Author

May 12, 2026

Leadership

Changing Work Flow of Schools

David Ross

May 11, 2026

Smart Teachers

Kinds of Thinking (& Prompts for More Thinking)

Guest Author

May 7, 2026

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Leadership

What If the Rules About How Teachers Work Together Were Also Just Made Up?

Guest Author

May 5, 2026

Bay Area schools are redesigning teacher collaboration to personalize learning, strengthen instruction, and improve educator sustainability.

Equity & Access

Access without Action: How Toxic Mindsets Stop Learners from Realizing Their Potential

Guest Author

May 4, 2026

How fixed mindsets and shame block math progress, even when support exists, and what educators can do to turn access into action.

Ed Policy

The Quiet Quitting Principal: What Districts Can Do to Re-Engage School Leadership

Guest Author

Apr 28, 2026

How districts can spot principal disengagement early and support re-engagement to protect instructional quality, morale, and student outcomes.

Personalized Learning

From Understanding to Ownership: When Students Tell Their Story through the Portrait of a Graduate

Abby Benedetto, Kimberly Erickson

Apr 27, 2026

Public demonstrations help students show Portrait of a Graduate skills through authentic reflection, ownership and learner-centered assessment.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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