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Career & Technical Ed

Wellesley High School Students on Reimagining School for 2040

Mason Pashia

Apr 24, 2026

Wellesley High students reimagine school for 2040 through project-based learning, CTE, collaboration, and student voice.

Personalized Learning

Responsible Inference Engines: Safeguarding Students with Learning Differences in the AI Era

Eric Tucker

Apr 22, 2026

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…

Career & Technical Ed

In Kansas City, Real World Learning Finds Champions on Both Sides of the State Line

Guest Author

Apr 21, 2026

Real World Learning unites Kansas City educators and employers to expand Market Value Assets and prepare students for joyful careers.

Students at Nalukai speaking about their project to their peers.

New Pathways

Knowledge is No Longer Enough: Why Experience and Wisdom are Education’s New Priorities

Mason Pashia, Aaron Schorn

Apr 14, 2026

Explore the power of experience-based learning in cultivating wisdom in the next generation amid information overload.

Leadership

A Call to Action for AI to Promote Mathematical Reasoning

Guest Author

Apr 13, 2026

AI math tools should infer student reasoning and guide conceptual change—beyond “show-and-tell” personalization.

Getting Smart Town Hall promotional graphic: "Experience Matters — A Common Language for Talent, Trust and Economic Mobility," April 8, 2026

New Pathways

Town Hall: Experience Matters

Mason Pashia

Apr 10, 2026

In this town hall, Getting Smart’s Mason Pashia and Education Design Lab’s Meghan Raftery discuss the findings of their collaborative report, Experience Matters, which explores how work-based learning experiences can be better designed, documented, and communicated across education and employment. The conversation centers on a shared framework built around…

Two curious students press close to a glass enclosure, peering intently at an exhibit inside an ecosystem lab.

New Pathways

When Reality Meets Possibility: Inside the Ecosystem Lab

Guest Author

Apr 7, 2026

Learner-centered ecosystems are already emerging—Ecosystem Lab helps leaders connect partnerships and pathways across communities.

Future of Learning

Designing for Belonging: Lessons from Districts Building What Technology Can’t Replace

Rebecca Midles, Tom Vander Ark

Apr 6, 2026

Discover how districts are wrestling with what AI can't replace, prioritizing human skills like belonging, judgment, and connection through systemic redesign.

Smiling teacher sits cross-legged on a blanket outdoors, engaging a diverse group of children in a circle on a sunny lawn.

SEL & Mindset

Can’t. Will. Did.: How One Teacher-Mountaineer Is Bringing Social-Emotional Learning Outdoors

Guest Author

Apr 6, 2026

Teacher-mountaineer Kimber Cross brings SEL outdoors with “Can’t. Will. Did.” and Summit Kids—stories built on CASEL skills.

Three students collaborating around a laptop in a maker space classroom with electronics and a 3D printer nearby.

Leadership

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

Rachelle Dené Poth

Mar 27, 2026

AI literacy isn’t tool mastery—educators need sustained, human-centered professional learning to build confidence and capacity.

	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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