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Smart Teachers

Kinds of Thinking (& Prompts for More Thinking)

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May 7, 2026

Eight kinds of thinking—from strategic to intuitive—that help educators, leaders, and learners make wiser decisions in complex contexts.

Leadership

What If the Rules About How Teachers Work Together Were Also Just Made Up?

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May 5, 2026

Bay Area schools are redesigning teacher collaboration to personalize learning, strengthen instruction, and improve educator sustainability.

Equity & Access

Access without Action: How Toxic Mindsets Stop Learners from Realizing Their Potential

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May 4, 2026

How fixed mindsets and shame block math progress, even when support exists, and what educators can do to turn access into action.

Ed Policy

The Quiet Quitting Principal: What Districts Can Do to Re-Engage School Leadership

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Apr 28, 2026

How districts can spot principal disengagement early and support re-engagement to protect instructional quality, morale, and student outcomes.

Learner-Centered

A Hopeful Vision For Better-Designed Schools

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Apr 23, 2026

By Danish Kurani This article is an adapted excerpt from the book The Spaces That Make Us: Why Design Is Broken and How We Can Create a Happier, Healthier World. From the first day of kindergarten to the day students complete high school, they spend approximately fifteen thousand hours…

Ed Policy

America is Updating Teaching Standards Without a Clear Picture of the Future Educator

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Apr 23, 2026

Future educator preparation must evolve for AI, learner agency, and new learning models with clearer standards, exemplars, and pathways.

Career & Technical Ed

In Kansas City, Real World Learning Finds Champions on Both Sides of the State Line

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Apr 21, 2026

Real World Learning unites Kansas City educators and employers to expand Market Value Assets and prepare students for joyful careers.

Leadership

A Call to Action for AI to Promote Mathematical Reasoning

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Apr 13, 2026

AI math tools should infer student reasoning and guide conceptual change—beyond “show-and-tell” personalization.

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New Pathways

When Reality Meets Possibility: Inside the Ecosystem Lab

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Apr 7, 2026

Learner-centered ecosystems are already emerging—Ecosystem Lab helps leaders connect partnerships and pathways across communities.

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SEL & Mindset

Can’t. Will. Did.: How One Teacher-Mountaineer Is Bringing Social-Emotional Learning Outdoors

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Apr 6, 2026

Teacher-mountaineer Kimber Cross brings SEL outdoors with “Can’t. Will. Did.” and Summit Kids—stories built on CASEL skills.

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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