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Three students collaborating around a laptop in a maker space classroom with electronics and a 3D printer nearby.

Leadership

AI Literacy is Not Tool Mastery: How to Build Sustained Educator Capacity

Two students in red school uniforms program a small robot together on a classroom floor using a tablet.

Ed Policy

From Compliance to Coherence: A Global Survey of National AI in Education Strategies

Four diverse students collaborating at a glass board displaying a debate resolution on privacy versus societal welfare.

Personalized Learning

Measuring What Matters: From Blunt Sorting to Human Thriving Powered by Multimodal AI

Innovating What We Measure: Assessment in the Service of Human Potential in an Era of AI and Uncertainty

Personalized Learning

Innovating What We Measure: Assessment in the Service of Human Potential in an Era of AI and Uncertainty

Two teenage girls writing notes while a teacher points to their chemistry worksheets in a science lab classroom.

Leadership

How AI Impacts the Use of Protocols in the K-12 Classroom

Four diverse students collaborate around a molecular model in a science classroom, engaged in hands-on learning.

EdTech

Useful by Design: Innovating For Whom We Measure in the Multimodal AI Era

Two figures study a glowing digital brain surrounded by data screens, representing AI literacy versus fluency in education.

Competency-Based Education

Why the Difference Between AI Literacy and AI Fluency Matters

Students exploring vintage objects—typewriter, rotary phone, film camera, vinyl record, and old books—in a modern classroom.

Personalized Learning

Borrowing from the Past: Productive Friction in the Age of AI

Teacher smiling with three young students reading picture books at a classroom table with word walls in background

Leadership

Blueprints Are Not Enough: Building Balanced Assessment Systems for Science of Reading 2.0

Students in safety goggles collaborate on a tablet during a science lab, with classmates working in the background.

Project-Based Learning

Why PBL and 21st Century Skills Aren’t “Add-Ons”: Using AI to Prove They’re in the Standards

Students writing at classroom desks, focused on their work, with colored pencils and an apple nearby.

Ed Policy

From Fringe to Policy: How AI Is Shifting the Overton Window in K-12 Education

Teacher guides diverse middle schoolers using LEGO bricks and tablets for hands-on multi-step problem solving activity

Leadership

Measuring What Matters and Doing it Well: Innovating Assessment in the AI Era

Four panelists for "Upgrading Quality and Explainability of Educational Measurement in the AI Era" webinar by Study Group

EdTech

Taking Stock: Reflections on Upgrading the Quality and Explainability of Educational Measurement in the AI Era

SAMR Model diagram by Dr. Ruben Puentedura showing four technology integration levels: Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition

The Future of Tech and Work

Rethinking SAMR in the Age of AI: Why the Model Needs a Second Axis

A friendly AI robot tutors a teenage student using holographic math and history displays in a futuristic study setting.

The Future of Tech and Work

Can AI Tutors Promote a True Growth Mindset? Exploring the Risks and Promise of Custom GPTs in Education

Four diverse high school students collaborating on a robotics project with a laptop and tablet in a classroom.

EdTech

Beyond the Black Box: Why AI Needs to Show Its Work

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	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