Artificial Intelligence

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Leadership

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

Rachelle Dené Poth

Mar 27, 2026

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Ed Policy

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

David Ross

Mar 26, 2026

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Personalized Learning

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

Eric Tucker

Mar 25, 2026

Personalized Learning

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

Eric Tucker, Edmund W. Gordon

Mar 18, 2026

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Leadership

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

David Ross

Mar 12, 2026

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EdTech

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

Eric Tucker

Mar 4, 2026

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Competency-Based Education

Why the Difference Between AI Literacy and AI Fluency Matters

David Ross

Feb 16, 2026

Understanding AI literacy vs. fluency in education is crucial. Explore global frameworks and why fluency is the next step for learners' success.

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Personalized Learning

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

Guest Author

Feb 12, 2026

AI accelerates learning, but productive friction—effort, attention, and struggle—makes growth meaningful. Let’s balance innovation with meaningful design.

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Leadership

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

Edmund W. Gordon, Eric Tucker

Feb 11, 2026

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…

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Project-Based Learning

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

David Ross

Feb 10, 2026

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.

	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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