Social-Emotional Learning

School counselor gestures expressively while meeting with two students at a classroom table

Equity & Access

What is the Role of School Counselors in the Age of AI?

David Ross

Dec 4, 2025

Exploring the evolving role of school counselors as AI tools transform emotional support, mental health, and student-teacher relationships.

Students and staff standing in a semicircle on a school basketball court at Big Picture Ukiah during a PMU Circle gathering.

Learner-Centered

In Ukiah, Eternal Truths Are Saving Young Lives

Sam Chaltain

Nov 17, 2025

Big Picture South Valley High empowers struggling teens with personalized, learner-centered education, fostering community, healing, and purpose.

Mother and child snorkeling underwater together, both wearing diving masks, flashing OK and peace signs

Future of Work

Learning to Let Go (and Stay Connected): A Parent’s View from 2040

Carri Schneider

Oct 28, 2025

A future parent reflects on how connected, unbundled, and learner-centered systems empower students to thrive in a reimagined learning ecosystem.

Venn diagram showing IQ, EQ, and PQ overlapping at "The Core," labeled as relational intelligence by GiANT/RewiredEDU.

Leadership

Teaching What the World Needs: How Neuroscience, Student Leadership, and Productive Struggle Prepare Learners for What’s Next

Guest Author

Jul 21, 2025

GRiT equips students with leadership, resilience, and relational intelligence, fostering readiness for a changing workforce through neuroscience and SEL.

Teacher sits on school hallway floor with young student, engaged in calm, one-on-one conversation.

SEL & Mindset

Connection and Co-Regulation Precede Self-Management: A Common Sense Approach to Learning, Development and Discipline

Guest Author

May 12, 2025

Explore the impact of co-regulation over punishment in school discipline for fostering student self-regulation and healthy brain development.

Three high school students rehearse a theater scene, one kneeling on the floor while another reads from a script.

Equity & Access

Creating Pathways to Confidence and Careers: The Impact of Peer Support on LGBTQIA+ Youth

Guest Author

Jan 27, 2025

Peer support at Give Us The Floor empowers 2SLGBTQIA+ youth, fostering mental health, resilience, and career skills through community-led models.

Diverse young children explore hands-on learning activities in a bright, busy Montessori-style classroom with two teachers.

Early Learning

Agency for nine-month-olds? Yes!

Guest Author

Jan 23, 2025

Explore how Reggio Emilia-inspired early education fosters agency and deeper learning for infants to preschoolers at Growing Place.

SEL & Mindset

Fostering Positive Mindsets Through Reflection

Guest Author

Jan 13, 2025

By: Carissa Solomon I have always hated getting things wrong. As a student, I aimed to get everything correct on the first try—after all, that was how school had trained me to think. It wasn’t until I became a teacher that I realized how destructive that fixed mindset…

Diverse community members collaborating—farming, sharing food, cycling, and handshaking—symbolizing interconnected civic partnership

Ed Policy

To Fully Realize Horizon Three, We Need New Accountability Systems

Guest Author

Nov 26, 2024

Redesigning education requires new accountability systems that promote equity, innovation, and local involvement, emphasizing reciprocal accountability.

Diverse middle school students working collaboratively around pushed-together desks in a reflective writing classroom activity

Equity & Access

Why Neurodiversity Matters When Talking About Anti-Bias Education

Guest Author

Nov 11, 2024

Embracing neurodiversity in anti-bias education fosters inclusive identities, enhancing student belonging and learning in diverse school communities.

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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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