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How Design Thinking Is Preparing Young People to Lead
The planet’s most pressing issues will likely need to be solved by our youngest generation, and preparation for that problem solving can start now in classrooms using design thinking.
What Educators Need: Building Cultures of Trust in an Era of Top-Down Educational Legislation
This article explores the prevalence of top-down legislation and accountability systems in education today, and the ways they are negatively impacting PreK-12 educators in the United States.
Shifting Demographics: How School Districts are Diversifying their Workforce to Serve All Students
Here's how five districts launched unique programs that highlight how the shifting demographics of schools and communities were an opportunity to diversify their workforce by attracting teachers who serve and reflect all students.
Do You Know Who Your Students Know? Better Data on Students’ Networks Can Start the School Year off Right
Julia Freeland Fisher details how better data on students’ networks can start the school year off right.
Inverting the Teaching Pyramid with AI
By: Eric Wang We hire teachers to instruct, connect and inspire. Then we saddle them with repetitive, simple tasks that eat up all their time and get in the way of the important things we want and need them to do. We need to change this before we can change…
Summer Learning Isn’t One Size Fits All
When it comes to summer learning, it’s not a one size fits all approach. Educators are using data to tailor summer learning plans for individual districts, schools, and students.
Filling the Gaps: Staffing Teachers After the Great Resignation
Financial support, streamlining credential processes and earn-and-learn programs are all powerful tools in cultivating a new, stronger pool of teachers.
How to Design a Learning Commons
Learning in a multipurpose space can be a challenge if the space is not designed properly. In this article, we shed light on six crucial design elements for creating learning commons where students thrive.
A New Spin on Education: Cognitive Capacity for an Uncertain Future
When students struggle with learning, the problem is often not a matter of curriculum and instruction. Here is why cognitive training matters.
Tech Can’t Teach but it Can Help with Feedback
The pandemic illustrated that technology cannot replace teaching. Still, when it comes to formative assessment, a proven instructional method, there’s a lot tech can do to aid teachers and help accelerate learning.