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The Ozempic Problem: The Generative AI Norms Forming in Silence, and How Youth and Adults Can Shape Them

Guest Author

May 12, 2026

Smart Teachers

Kinds of Thinking (& Prompts for More Thinking)

Guest Author

May 7, 2026

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New Pathways

When Reality Meets Possibility: Inside the Ecosystem Lab

Guest Author

Apr 7, 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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Leadership

So, Your District Wants Personalized Learning… Where Do You Start?

Rebecca Midles

Mar 2, 2026

Strategic Direction workshop at Michigan ISD-Saginaw summit.

Leadership

How Can We Build Strategic Learning Organizations? The Power of ‘When’

Nate McClennen, Rebecca Midles

Nov 6, 2025

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Trust & Transformation: Why Local Intermediaries Are the Key to Education’s Future

Rebecca Midles, Doannie Tran

Nov 5, 2025

Understand how education intermediaries connect communities to opportunities and drive localized systemic change effectively.

Leadership

5 Obstacles (and Solutions) to Transforming School Systems for the 21st Century

Guest Author

Feb 13, 2025

Kentucky's Bullitt County Public Schools (BCPS) reflects on their multi-year journey into rethinking education.

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Supporting Students with Disabilities Through Changing Education Policies

Aarika Guerrero

Dec 3, 2024

Examines potential impacts of dismantling Department of Education on students with disabilities and strategies for families and educators.

Diverse educators and students collaborating across generations in a vibrant, technology-rich learning environment

Future of Learning

Educator Roles as a Catalyst for Transformation

Guest Author

Nov 14, 2024

America’s education system was a groundbreaking effort to help a growing nation thrive in the 19th century. Now, 200 years later, the world has changed; the horizon looks drastically different. Collectively, we need to redesign our education system to enable all of our children — and, by extension, our nation…

	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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