Context Over Correctness: Giving ELA Students the Freedom to Think

Barrie Olson

This is Part 3 of our Shaping the Future of Learning series, in which we explore how various innovations and trends have shaped, and will continue to shape, the educational landscape. Part 2 explored the role of…

Want Brain Power in Your Classroom? Practical Suggestions Backed by Cognitive Science

Bob Hausmann

A teacher’s job is to inspire the cognitive operations that result in learning that lasts a lifetime and transfers to novel situations. But what are these mysterious “cognitive operations,” and how do we link them…

21st Century Evidence: How to Use Ed Tech to Analyze Student Learning

Anella Wetter

How do you tell the difference between productive struggle and unproductive struggle? And how do you make that assessment and respond effectively when you’re keeping an eye on 30 students at a time, 150 students…

5 Tips for Bringing This Year’s Successes into the Next School Year

Amy Takabori, Kasey Bratcher

This year was full of challenges, but challenges always present an opportunity to improve and grow! We recently spoke with three district leaders about their experiences this year—the challenges, the successes, and the lessons learned…

Assessment and the Road Less Traveled: How to Best Address Unfinished Learning

Steve Ritter

We have just completed an extraordinarily challenging school year in which students received a wide range of learning experiences. Some students received large amounts of face-to-face instruction, some received mostly online instruction, and some received…

Learning Acceleration, Not Remediation, for a Fantastic School Year

Amy Takabori

I had a student once who was a bit of a perfectionist. One day, I watched as she put pen to notebook paper for her in-class writing assignment. But before she was done, she’d turn…