Learning Forward

Learning Forward New Jersey started an initiative in March to engage educators across the state in dialogue and new learning. Thirty educators participated in the “New Learning Chat and Chew,” an evening session where they were encouraged to bring a snack and join the conversation. The dual objective was to […]

Kay Psencik, Frederick Brown, and Stephanie Hirsh explore how school leaders can apply a learning lens to achieve their ambitious goals for educators and students in The Learning Principal, their new book for Learning Forward. The authors show how learning and leading go hand in hand, especially when it comes […]

Many of the articles in this issue of The Learning Professional demonstrate Learning Forward’s Standards for Professional Learning in action. Use this tool to deepen your understanding of the standards and strategies for implementing them. Ways you might use this tool include: Discuss the questions in a professional learning community; […]

87% of teachers improved with mentoring The National Summer School Initiative began in summer 2020 to improve virtual teaching and learning in schools with large percentages of low-income students of color. A key component was mentor teachers, who engaged teachers in professional learning and shared videos of themselves teaching model […]

The American Rescue Plan, the pandemic relief bill enacted in March, includes the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, an almost $123 billion fund to support K-12 schools. The U.S. Department of Education will reserve $800 million of the funds to identify and provide services to homeless children and […]

Learning Forward’s website has a fresh look. As part of our continuous improvement work, we rebuilt the website to improve your experience with functionality, device-specific responsiveness, and speed while also future proofing it for long-term plans for adding even more features. Other improvements included easier access to articles, tools, blog […]

The Learning Forward Foundation board is shifting its thinking and language about equity. Instead of talking about equity as a noun, we are moving toward a commitment to acting equitably. Due to a convergence of events in 2020 and Learning Forward’s formal equity and antiracism responses, we embraced the opportunity […]

1,000+ active microcredentials New America reviewed the landscape of educator microcredentials, defined as “a verification of a discrete skill or competency that a teacher has demonstrated through the submission of evidence assessed via a validated rubric.” The authors found there are over 1,000 active microcredentials offered, and the two largest […]

Learning Forward recently released the Professional Learning State and District Planner to support state, district, and school leaders with the implementation of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials through professional learning that is intensive, data-driven, job-embedded, and classroom-focused. The planner provides a professional learning system framework to guide states and districts through a […]

With a proven track record of providing research-based professional learning for mentors that improves their practice in building the efficacy of new teachers, Learning Forward has been named an approved provider of mentor teacher support in Texas. The Texas Education Agency created the Mentor Program Allotment as part of comprehensive […]