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Ed Policy

The Quiet Quitting Principal: What Districts Can Do to Re-Engage School Leadership

Guest Author

Apr 28, 2026

How districts can spot principal disengagement early and support re-engagement to protect instructional quality, morale, and student outcomes.

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.

Four diverse students collaborating at a glass board displaying a debate resolution on privacy versus societal welfare.

Personalized Learning

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

Eric Tucker

Mar 25, 2026

Explore the potential of Advancing Multimodal AI to reshape educational metrics and enhance human potential measurement.

Two business professionals walking forward together on a path disappearing into fog, viewed from above.

Leadership

Leadership is A Human Act: Stewarding Transformation Through the Fog

Guest Author

Mar 24, 2026

Leading school innovation means navigating the “neutral zone” with permission, hope, and human-centered change—not compliance.

Project-Based Learning

Lever 2 for Deeper PoG Implementation: Teaching the Skills Behind the Portrait

Abby Benedetto, Kimberly Erickson

Mar 23, 2026

How Norwalk makes Portrait of a Graduate skills real: teach them explicitly, embed in curriculum routines, and track progress via learning walks.

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

To deliver on the promise of human potential, we must rebalance from the “assessment OF education” to “assessment FOR education,” transforming measurement into a dynamic pedagogical transaction that actively improves teaching and learning.

How We Thrive" book cover with illustrated children celebrating, dancing, and playing music on a teal background.

Personalized Learning

Book Review: How We Thrive

Rebecca Midles

Mar 17, 2026

Rehumaning in schools: redesign schedules, grading, and culture to support belonging, regulation, and sustainable adult capacity.

Equity & Access

Kelly Coffin on Leading Through Vulnerability

Rebecca Midles

Mar 11, 2026

How do leaders build a team that builds? Kelly Coffin shares how trust, co-design, and vulnerability drive system change.

Three students taking notes on clipboards while closely examining a wooden mechanical model at a STEM exhibit.

Learning Design

Why the Best STEM Lessons Start with Struggle

Guest Author

Mar 9, 2026

Productive struggle boosts STEM engagement—start with a challenge, normalize failure, and coach students through iteration.

Four diverse students collaborate around a molecular model in a science classroom, engaged in hands-on learning.

EdTech

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

Eric Tucker

Mar 4, 2026

Discover how multi-modal AI can transform educational assessment design for greater efficiency and usability.

	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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