Teachers Share More Ways to Engage AI in the Classroom (Opinion)
Introduce AI as a minor step in assignments because it will be present regardless.
Career Readiness in the Real World
As industries evolve and the skills gap widens, the question remains: How can we better connect education to employment? In this episode of The Idea Spark, host Carl Hooker welcomes Jennifer Wilkerson, VP of Innovations and Advancements at NCCER (National Center for Construction Education and Research), and Andy Dunaway, Product Manager, Career Connected Learning at Pearson. Together, they explore...[Read More]
Data Science: A Student’s Tool for Understanding, Advocacy, and Systemic Change
By: Jason Lee Morgan When Deisy graduated high school in Compton, California, in 2014, she had no idea how central data would become to her career. Today, she writes code to analyze public health data and describes data as “a form of capital”—a tool that gives her flexibility and power in her work. But she also reflects on a missed opportunity: she wishes she had been introduced to data science ...[Read More]
Who Supervises Students in Virtual Schools?
El Roberts’ alarm blares at 4:50 a.m. each day, alerting her of the need to wake up to head to figure skating practice before school. When she returns, instead of getting on the bus, she opens up her laptop, where she participates in virtual classes for roughly two hours. Meanwhile, her mother, Deborah Fairclough, either shares an office with her daughter while working as a mobile dog groomer, or ...[Read More]
New Report Examines How Enterprises are Scaling AI Initiatives
Cloud infrastructure is central to the shift from AI experimentation to AI integration, according to a report from Cloudera on enterprise AI adoption.
The End of Either/Or: Preparing Students for College — and Career
For many years, students often felt they had to choose between college or a career. One path was widely viewed as academic and prestigious, while the other was seen as practical but sometimes undervalued. This way of thinking has shaped counseling conversations, curriculum design and even state funding decisions. That mindset is beginning to shift. Increasingly, students are seeking flexible, purp...[Read More]
I Was an ‘A Student’—Until I Realized Grades Don’t Measure Learning
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. I was a kid who thrived on the positive reinforcement of being an “A” student; to this day, I can count on my hands the number of “bad grades” I received during my K-12 education. There was the “D” on a math test in fifth grade when I moved to a middle school where students were at least a year ahead of me...[Read More]
From Defense to Resilience: Where School Cybersecurity Goes Next
William Stein, director of information systems at Metropolitan School District of Mt. Vernon in Indiana, needed just five minutes and $5 to show a group of district administrators the future of cyber threats. He pulled out his phone and cloned his assistant superintendent’s voice, playing a fake message canceling school for the day. The message sounded authentic enough to send a district into chao...[Read More]
Preparing Rising Talent: How K–12 Can Unlock a Lifetime of Learning
By: Betheny Gross Introduction: The Case for Focusing on Rising Talent A few years ago, WGU Labs set out to better understand a group too often overlooked in conversations about education and the workforce: adults who have never participated in any postsecondary education and earn in the lowest income quartile. We call them Rising Talent — roughly 15% of the U.S. working-age population, or about 2...[Read More]
Beyond the Classroom: Why Community Storytelling Will Decide the Future of Public Schools
By: Tyler Vawser It’s back-to-school season, but district leaders are focused on more than just the classroom. Today’s school communication isn’t just about notifying parents or boosting enrollment; it’s about building trust, aligning schools with their communities, and providing long-term support from a wide range of stakeholders who rarely set foot in school buildings. From retirees and busin...[Read More]
How the Supreme Court Is Remolding Education in 2025
With many eyes on the Trump administration’s incendiary attempts to shutter the Department of Education and effectively dismantle public education, fewer people are closely watching how a conservative majority on the Supreme Court is changing how K-12 students learn in the country. Nevertheless, the court delivered stark change in some instances, while narrowly upholding the status quo in others. ...[Read More]
The World’s Classrooms Are Short 44 Million Teachers
When educators gathered in Chile for the UNESCO World Summit on Teachers this summer, they convened to discuss solutions to a problem plaguing communities around the globe: a shortage of teachers that’s projected to worsen unless schools can both attract new recruits and entice them to stay. K-12 education worldwide is facing a two-pronged dilemma: A global shortage of 44 million teachers by 2030 ...[Read More]