Learning Forward

In their chapter on action research in Powerful Designs for Professional Learning (Easton, 2015), Cathy Caro-Bruce and Mary Klehr describe a challenging issue that a teacher bravely takes on as an action research project. Using the classic steps for action research, she discovers what needs to be done, does it, […]

PDK Poll The 48th Annual PDK Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools PDK International, September 2016 The 2016 Phi Delta Kappa national survey shows Americans overwhelmingly (84% to 14%) prefer trying to improve failing public schools than closing them. If a failing school is closed, there's sharp disagreement about […]

To create schools where every student is successful, educators must address relationships, especially with students and families who have been historically disenfranchised from the educational system. To develop such relationships, educators must be culturally proficient to help them know and understand students and families from backgrounds different than their own. […]

Dallas, TX – August 10, 2016  —  In collaboration with Canadian researchers and education stakeholders, Learning Forward announces that it has launched a research study examining the state of professional learning across Canada. The purpose of the study is to understand the current landscape of educator professional learning throughout Canada […]

Learning Forward Team Grant awardees Meet this year’s winners of the Learning Forward Foundation Team Grant, given to a team of educators making an effort to advance Learning Forward’s vision: Excellent teaching and learning every day. This year’s winners are from Northern Valley Regional High School District in Demarest, New […]

Twitterpated: I found my learning community. You can, too. By Eric Celeste Perhaps the most important reason networks are important to professional learning is this: By their nature, they create a sense of collective responsibility and mutual accountability for shared improvement. Groups that come together in whatever fashion — in […]

Collaborative Leadership: Six Influences That Matter Most By Peter M. DeWitt What type of leadership do you practice? If your answer is transformational or instructional, you’re not alone. Many of us rely on these tenets. But there are better advantages in applying a holistic angle including all stakeholders — an […]

This year’s winner of the Learning Forward Foundation’s Affiliate Grant is Learning Forward Nebraska, under the direction of Chad Dumas. The affiliate’s three-year plan for professional learning proposes to expand Learning Forward’s Executive Leadership Program to multiple sites throughout Nebraska as a means to support education leaders who lack a […]

Learning Forward and the National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future (NCTAF) hosted Agents for Learning Competition finalists July 21-22 in Chicago. The 12 finalist teams presented their plans for the best use of federal funding for professional learning under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to a panel of […]