What Happens When Teachers Connect
When one teacher meets another, they exchange ideas. Comparing and finding common ground and learning new things is nearly automatic.
Stop Ignoring the Leaders Who Can Transform High Schools
By Bill DeBaun, Andrew Schmitz & Ryan Reyna Amid growing calls for redefining the high school experience, there’s a critical missing link that is often overlooked: principals and assistant principals. Despite their influence over how time is used, which courses are offered, how teachers and counselors collaborate, and which business and college partners can engage with students, most school ad...[Read More]
Child Care Costs More than Rent in Most Metro Areas. Why Can’t We Fix That?
When it comes to the affordability crisis in child care, Lenice Emanuel says that it’s forcing families to take a hard look at their budgets — no matter their income level. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. But as child care costs surpass the price of rent in some areas, those money choices are even more extreme for folks on the margins, explains Emanuel, executive director of the ...[Read More]
How Can Black Parent Power Transform Education? | A Conversation with William Jackson
Shownotes Transcript Guest Bio Shorts Content Links Youtube Channel As someone deeply passionate about the intersection of education, equity, and community-driven change, I couldn’t be more thrilled to bring you today’s episode of the Getting Smart Podcast. I’m joined by Dr. William Jackson, founder of Village of Wisdom, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering Black parents and fostering ...[Read More]
Safe Haven: Putting Our Schools at the Heart of Disaster Preparedness
Early on August 8, 2023, Hurricane Dora drove unusually strong winds across the seaside town of Lahaina, HI. At dawn, a downed power line sparked a brushfire. By the afternoon, most of the town was in flames. 2,200 homes were destroyed and more than 100 people had died. In Yancey County, NC, on the evening of September 27, 2024, Hurricane Helene was predicted to bring heavy rainfall to the mountai...[Read More]
What Guidelines Should Teachers Provide for Student AI Use? (Opinion)
The goal is to teach students to harness AI to bolster learning and preserve their work’s integrity.
‘Instant Support’: Why We Should Embrace AI Tools for English Learners (Opinion)
Though not a replacement for educators, it can be a powerful ally, writes Jean-Claude Brizard.
Inaugural Address: A Rallying Cry for An Abundant Future
By: Mason Pashia and Bobbi Macdonald The following is the fictional 2030 mayoral Inaugural Address that paved the way for learning ecosystems and our 2040 learning future. Check out more blogs from the future here. My friends, neighbors, and fellow citizens, Tonight, as I stand before you – humbled by your trust, lifted by our shared hopes and dreams – I see more than just a town or a city. I see...[Read More]
Teaching a Generation That Questions Everything
I’ve been teaching long enough to recognize when something fundamental is shifting in the classroom. Lately, that shift sounds like a single word echoing through my courses: why. Why are we doing this? Why does it matter? Why should I care? At first, it can sound like pushback, the kind of challenge that might once have been mistaken for defiance. But I don’t see it that way. When Gen Z students a...[Read More]
3D Meetings Come to Teams as Microsoft Retires Mesh Platform
Microsoft is moving its Mesh 3D meeting capabilities into Teams through a new immersive events feature, now generally available.
Teaching Machines to Spot Human Errors in Math Assignments
When completing math problems, students often have to show their work. It’s a method teachers use to catch errors in thinking, to make sure students are grasping mathematical concepts correctly. New AI projects in development aim to automate that process. The idea is to train machines to catch and predict the errors students make when studying math, to better enable teachers to correct student mis...[Read More]
Preparing Youth for Their Future: What Our Exploration of Durable Skills Across Twelve Innovative High Schools Tell Us About What Is Possible
By: Chris Unger and Michael Crawford When Shelby, a high school student from Monett, Missouri, toured a cadaver lab through her GO CAPS program, she discovered a passion that would shape her future. That single experience led her to choose Missouri Southern State University specifically for its cadaver lab, where she initiated research on the phrenic nerve and sympathetic nervous system that resul...[Read More]