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What Should Leadership Look Like in the Age of Generation Alpha? Why Leadership Competencies Are More Important Than Ever

Nate McClennen

Jun 23, 2026

Leadership

Prepare Your People, Protect Your People: Setting the Stage for Successful Change Management

Guest Author

Jun 18, 2026

Leadership

Defining Your Philosophy of Education for the AI Age

David Ross

Jun 9, 2026

Competency-Based Education

The Tyranny of College Admissions: Why It’s So Challenging to Have Real Change in K-12 Education

Guest Author

Jun 8, 2026

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The Conditions That Make Durable Skills Real: How Schools and Systems Build for Agency, Identity, and Vision

Guest Author

Jun 2, 2026

Competency-Based Education

Living the Portrait Together: The Power of Parallel Pedagogy

Abby Benedetto, Kimberly Erickson

Jun 1, 2026

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Leadership

What AI-Enabled Education Actually Looks Like When It’s Working for Workforce Students

Guest Author

May 28, 2026

How AI can make workforce pathways visible through competency records, labor market alignment, and clearer student-to-job outcomes.

Learning Design

Vriti Saraf on Reimagining the Teacher’s Role for the AI Age

Nate McClennen

May 1, 2026

How AI can shift teaching from efficiency to human flourishing through new teacher roles, stronger relationships, and learner-centered design.

Personalized Learning

From Understanding to Ownership: When Students Tell Their Story through the Portrait of a Graduate

Abby Benedetto, Kimberly Erickson

Apr 27, 2026

Public demonstrations help students show Portrait of a Graduate skills through authentic reflection, ownership and learner-centered assessment.

Ed Policy

America is Updating Teaching Standards Without a Clear Picture of the Future Educator

Guest Author

Apr 23, 2026

Future educator preparation must evolve for AI, learner agency, and new learning models with clearer standards, exemplars, and pathways.

	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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