Students Aren’t Coming to School – Here’s What We Can Do About It

By: Kara Stern, Ph.D I recently spoke with a middle school principal in the lower Hudson Valley who challenged her team to a simple exercise: reading down the entire school roster, could someone…

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Relationally Responsible Tech: Designing a Digital Future That Puts People First

What if, instead of asking what technology can do, we started by asking who we want to become? In an age where “junk tech” floods our lives—designed to extract attention rather than deepen…

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From Chronic Absenteeism to the New Absenteeism: Five Profiles of Youth Engagement

By: Colleen Keating-Crawford, Michelle Jia, and Goutham Marimuthu School leaders, organizations and governments are sounding the alarm about chronically absent young people, typically defined as those who miss 10% or more of the school year whether due to excused…

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How Can AI Fuel Deeper Learning? A Conversation with Kali Frederick and Aatash Parikh

It is the top of the second inning in the age of AI, and I think in the last few weeks we passed a new threshold of access to expertise. The information age,…

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Should Courses Be Broken Up into Learning Experiences? Smaller Grain Size Increases Flexibility and Transparency

In a recent design session with a partner, we debated the merits of the grain size of reporting and learning experience design. Most secondary schools (and higher education) across the United States report…

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More Options, More Opportunities: How AI Can Support High-Quality Learning for All

By: Michael Ham and Beth Holland The current administration has prioritized expanding school choice, reflecting a growing demand for flexible learning options. At the same time, advances in AI—and the emergence of “AI-powered…

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In the City by the Sea, a Civic Upswing is Underway

If you arrive in Newport, Rhode Island via the long bridges from the mainland that stretch across Narragansett Bay, you are immediately faced with a choice: Head south, and you’ll find the legendary…

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Are Human Beings Necessary in the Life Cycle of Knowledge?

A few nights ago I spent 90 minutes online with the staff of an elite public school in Shenzhen, China. I gave an hour-long talk about generative AI and its uses in education…

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Transforming Public Education: A Blueprint for Learner-Centered Change

By Alan Cheng, High School Superintendent, NYC Public Schools Having spent​​ two decades in New York City Public Schools, including six years leading 50 high schools in the Consortium, Internationals, NYC Outward Bound…

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New Resource from NCTE and the Library of Congress

As a project leader in a Teaching with Primary Sources grant that was sponsored by NCTE and the Library of Congress, I am pleased to re-post the following from a recent update: NCTE…

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