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“Too often, people who are poor are told what they should do,” says Dr. Denise Reading, President and CEO of Future Plans. ”At Future Plans we ask ‘What do you want to do?  What do you think would work?’  We believe they know best, and it is our job ...[Read More]

We spent a few uncharacteristically warm days in Boston—the land of brick and cobblestone, bike lanes and greenways, rowers and runners—hosting our third New Pathways convening alongside American Student Assistance (ASA). These events are regional sh...[Read More]

Piaget’s stages of cognitive development include the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational stage. Source

What happens when schools restrict students’ access to their cellphones? A massive experiment has been underway in recent years, as an increasing number of schools — and entire states — have changed their device policies to reflect a growing concern ...[Read More]

Microsoft has integrated Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence models to its Microsoft 365 Copilot platform, giving enterprise users another option beyond OpenAI’s models for powering workplace AI experiences.

To help students understand and use AI tools, teachers need professional development that supports them in redesigning tried-and-true assignments with an eye to teaching critical thinking.

This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. I’ve spent more than a decade as a special education teacher in New York City, and the hardest part of the job has never been the students; it’s been the pap...[Read More]

What if the primary purpose of an assessment were not to produce a grade, but to act as a dynamic catalyst for the learning process itself? For decades, we’ve utilized assessment too narrowly—often to rank and sort students rather than to teach and t...[Read More]

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers’ and students’ experiences with the technology.

If Cain Sandoval hadn’t earned a full-tuition scholarship through the Kalamazoo Promise, he likely would’ve debated whether attending college was worth the financial burden. Sandoval, a senior studying digital media and journalism at Western Michigan...[Read More]

Social-Emotional Teaching is every bit as important as Social-Emotional Learning. Teaching matters and teachers matter Source

76% of Gen Z aim to be their own boss, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And globally, nearly half of the workforce are freelance or independent contractors, according to Properity for America. If this represents a major direction in the f...[Read More]