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3 Key Solutions to Building AI Literacy for a Future-Ready Workforce
For HR and training leaders, equipping employees with both technical and critical-thinking skills to thrive in an AI-driven workplace can seem daunting. The solution lies not just in teaching them how to use AI tools, but in fostering a companywide culture of transparency and developing their ethical reasoning and transferable skills.
Consequential Leadership: What It Really Looks Like in Our Schools
School leadership has never been simple—but it has always been consequential. Every decision, every conversation, every expectation we set ripples outward into classrooms, teams, and ultimately our students.
Positive Ways to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism Among Multilingual Learners
Too often, multilingual learners are unfairly blamed for their attendance patterns without consideration of the systemic barriers they face. When teachers assume that chronic absenteeism reflects a lack of motivation or family indifference, it reinforces deficit-based thinking and lowers expectations.
A New PLC Model That Builds Collective Efficacy & Fights Teacher Burnout
Educators are stretched thin, often working in isolation, and many professional learning communities (PLCs) fail to deliver meaningful results. After decades of studying and implementing PLCs, we realized that the model from the 1990s no longer meets the needs of today’s classrooms. That’s why we developed PLC+, the next generation of professional learning communities.
From Grading to Guiding
When students learn to evaluate their own work, teachers’ roles in assessment change for the better.
Revisiting the Rules of Gradual Release of Responsibility
Here, we build on that foundation by showing how aspects of GRR can be used not only in sequence, but also simultaneously—allowing teachers to respond flexibly to student needs and keep all learners engaged.
Assessment As a Tool to Empower and Motivate Learners
But, when integrated seamlessly into instruction, assessment guides instruction, empowers learners, and supports student understanding
Are Classes Rigorous?
When the ratio between failure and success tips to failure, students are less likely to take risks. In fact, they may disengage from the learning process to avoid repeated failures.
Better Arguments, Stronger Writing
Help your students anticipate and construct counterclaims to improve their persuasive writing.
An Evidence-based Way to Think About RIGOR
...we identified multiple potential components of rigor based on our review of research and then asked over 400 teachers and leaders to vote on them.