Borrowing from the Past: Productive Friction in the Age of AI
AI accelerates learning, but productive friction—effort, attention, and struggle—makes growth meaningful. Let’s balance innovation with meaningful design.
Blueprints Are Not Enough: Building Balanced Assessment Systems for Science of Reading 2.0
Ms. Rivera has done everything right: she attended the state-mandated Science of Reading (SoR) training and internalized the new, evidence-based curriculum. She is teaching phonics and phonemic awareness. Yet, as October settles in, she feels a familiar anxiety. She is teaching the “what” of the new laws, but flying blind…
Why PBL and 21st Century Skills Aren’t “Add-Ons”: Using AI to Prove They’re in the Standards
AI reveals that PBL and 21st-century skills aren't "add-ons" but are already embedded in CCSS and NGSS, transforming how we view modern teaching.
What is CAPS? | A Conversation with Corey Mohn
Explore how the CAPS Network empowers students with profession-based learning, unbundled pathways, and durable skills for future success.
How Can Indigenous Futurism Help Drive Innovation? | A Conversation with Kelly Berry
Exploring Indigenous education, leadership, and futurism with Kelly Berry: reclaiming narratives, revitalizing culture, and innovating for the future.
The CHOICE We Make: The Critically Human Skills That Define Our Future
Explore the CHOICE framework for critically human skills and redefine education to foster agency, compassion, and integrity in an AI-driven world.
Beyond the Rearview Mirror: Practical Measurement for Improvement
Understand The Three Faces of Measurement and their importance in helping educators navigate student engagement and success.
Innovation at the Edge of the World: What the Falkland Islands Can Teach Us About Small School Excellence
Discover how the Falkland Islands' innovative rural education system inspires small schools to embrace flexibility, multiage learning, and technology.
Confidence, Engagement, and Love: The Missing Alumni Data that Will Transform K-12
The CAPS Alumni Study reveals insights from 1,200 voices focused on student empowerment through innovative networks.
What If You Could Bring the Restorative Benefits of Nature Indoors?
By: Ernesto Rodriguez Imagine walking into a classroom where the ceiling stretches into a forest canopy—sunlight filtering through leaves, branches arching overhead, the entire room calm. Students relax. Teachers feel the space working with them. This is the everyday reality for schools implementing Nature In The Classroom, a biophilic design initiative…