A Hopeful Vision For Better-Designed Schools
By Danish Kurani This article is an adapted excerpt from the book The Spaces That Make Us: Why Design Is Broken and How We Can Create a Happier, Healthier World. From the first day of kindergarten to the day students complete high school, they spend approximately fifteen thousand hours…
America is Updating Teaching Standards Without a Clear Picture of the Future Educator
Future educator preparation must evolve for AI, learner agency, and new learning models with clearer standards, exemplars, and pathways.
Responsible Inference Engines: Safeguarding Students with Learning Differences in the AI Era
The forthcoming brief Prioritizing Students with Disabilities in AI Policy (EALA/New America) highlights a critical reality: 73% of students with disabilities use AI for coursework, and 57% of special educators use it to draft IEPs. Yet, 0% of AI-based interventions in a 2025 systematic review rate as “Low Risk”…
In Kansas City, Real World Learning Finds Champions on Both Sides of the State Line
Real World Learning unites Kansas City educators and employers to expand Market Value Assets and prepare students for joyful careers.
Knowledge is No Longer Enough: Why Experience and Wisdom are Education’s New Priorities
Explore the power of experience-based learning in cultivating wisdom in the next generation amid information overload.
A Call to Action for AI to Promote Mathematical Reasoning
AI math tools should infer student reasoning and guide conceptual change—beyond “show-and-tell” personalization.
When Reality Meets Possibility: Inside the Ecosystem Lab
Learner-centered ecosystems are already emerging—Ecosystem Lab helps leaders connect partnerships and pathways across communities.
Designing for Belonging: Lessons from Districts Building What Technology Can’t Replace
Discover how districts are wrestling with what AI can't replace, prioritizing human skills like belonging, judgment, and connection through systemic redesign.
Can’t. Will. Did.: How One Teacher-Mountaineer Is Bringing Social-Emotional Learning Outdoors
Teacher-mountaineer Kimber Cross brings SEL outdoors with “Can’t. Will. Did.” and Summit Kids—stories built on CASEL skills.
Making Work-Based Learning Work: Georgia’s Novel Approach to WBL Data
Georgia’s work-based learning uses O*NET skill evaluations at scale—building credible, portable evidence for digital credentials and hiring.