Learning Forward Blog
Book club events support deeper discussions with authors
By Learning Forward |
Learning Forward’s book club is an opportunity for members to stay up to date, gain current insights that improve practice, and connect with field leaders. Through a partnership with Corwin, Learning Forward offers four hand-picked books annually and brings members together with authors for deeper discussion. Learning Forward’s fall book club event featured authors Eleanor…
Writers wanted for The Learning Professional in 2024
By Jefna M. Cohen |
We are pleased to announce the themes for the upcoming year of Learning Forward’s journal, The Learning Professional. Narrowing down the collection of topics to six is always a challenge, but we did it with help from our readers and authors, through following thought leaders, and by constantly gathering ideas from the dynamic field of…
As Congress gets back to work, Title II-A faces hurdles
By Jon Bernstein |
Congress returned from its August recess and faces a mountain of work. Its first task will be to pass a continuing resolution, a temporary spending measure that will keep the government operating beyond October 1 when the new fiscal year begins. As Congress moves to pass a continuing resolution, the House and Senate will continue…
Let’s be clear about professional learning and equity
By Frederick Brown |
The school year is beginning for the 53 million U.S. students enrolled in elementary and secondary public schools. The families of those children want their kids to be cared for and educated as the unique individuals they are, regardless of whether they have an intellectual or physical disability, are multilingual learners, are still struggling to…
With high-quality support, principals become true learning leaders
By Kay Psencik |
Principals play a crucial role in student achievement and school success (Grissom, 2021), yet can experience “ad hoc” professional learning that has little connection to strengthening the skills they need to be effective leaders. Fortunately, thanks to decades of research, we know much about content and learning approaches that are especially effective for developing excellent…
7 articles to make the most of this year’s professional learning
By Suzanne Bouffard |
The start of the school year is a great time to take stock of your professional learning practices. Your strategic priorities are in focus and your calendars are set, but have you made sure your professional learning strategies are keeping pace with the latest research and insights? Have you made plans to address schools’ most…
Better together: Becoming a learning team
By Gail Paul |
As the new school year begins, district leaders and principals may be asking themselves, “I know teacher collaboration is the best way to improve our school’s instruction, but how can I best structure and support team learning and make sure it will improve student achievement?” Guidance on effectively structuring collaborative learning time for teacher teams…
How SEL can reduce educator burnout
By Suzanne Bouffard |
Amid rising levels of educator burnout and turnover (ERS, 2023a, b; Kurtz, 2022), there has been a lot of talk about prioritizing educator wellness. Wellness means different things to different people, but many experts agree that true wellness isn’t about simply going to a yoga class or even taking a mental health day (Bell, 2023;…
Title II-A retained in Senate Appropriations Committee’s bill
By Jon Bernstein |
On July 27, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee held a full-committee markup to consider several bills, including the fiscal year 2024 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education (LHHS-ED) funding bill. Bypassing a subcommittee markup, the full committee approved the bipartisan spending bill that would provide $79.6 billion in discretionary funding to the U.S. Department of Education in…
Brown: Education funding cuts could halt student academic recovery
By Learning Forward |
Frederick Brown, president and CEO of Learning Forward, issued a statement regarding the devastating effects from proposed fiscal year 2024 budget bill to the Title II-A program, Every Student Succeeds Act: July 13, 2023 — “On behalf of the nation’s children and educators, Learning Forward is shocked and gravely concerned by the drastic cuts to…