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New Designs for School

Human First, AI Forward: Why Discussion Is the Skill That Changes Everything

From artificial intelligence to authentic interaction, AI is shaping the humanities and the role that discussion plays in learning.
New Designs for School

How to Organize for Human Development: What Schools Can Learn from Summer Camps

A week at family camp turned into an unexpected lesson in school design — and seven principles might help us reinvent school for the better.
Technology Tools

Closing the Visibility Gap: Why K-12 Math Leaders Need a New Approach to Student Understanding

When a third-grade classroom started cataloging student thinking in real time, the results challenged some basic assumptions about how math learning is measured and supported.
Why Schools Need to Change

Designing Economic Opportunity: Why the “Talent Gap” Might Actually Be a Design Problem

Education, workforce, and policy leaders argue that the "talent gap" is actually a systems gap and opportunity doesn't just happen, it has to be designed.
Technology Tools

Data Is Not Neutral: Rethinking AI and Equity in Education

When using edtech and AI to gather real-time data to measure learning, the need to consider purpose, ethics, and impact alongside efficiency and insight becomes ever more important.
Enabling Change

The AI Amplification Effect in K–12 Education: Why Understanding Work Styles Matters More Than Ever

When using AI, educators, administrators, and students' work styles, strengths, and stress become more pronounced, impacting whether AI supports or disrupts teaching and learning.
Enabling Change

Why Do We Walk? Why Do We Teach?

Why do we teach? The answers might be easier to find if we use metaphors from pondering why we do other hard things, like long and challenging hikes.
Professional Learning

We Redesigned School for Kids. What about Professional Learning for Teachers?

The gap between an ideal student learning experience and typical professional learning is palpable. These four principles suggest a path to change that.
Enabling Change

Rethinking Systemic Change, Teacher Learning, and Educator Wellbeing

Systemic change, personalized professional learning, and a reimagined approach to educator wellbeing are essential to building schools where both students and teachers can truly thrive.