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Standards for Professional Learning

Moving from fragmentation to cohesive learning

By Michael Barry | February 11, 2026

For many years, our Monday afternoon professional learning time, referred to as Continuous Instructional Improvement (CII), was well-intentioned but fragmented. Sessions varied by teams and topics, initiatives competed for attention, […]

Maryland adopts Standards for Professional Learning. Here’s their plan

By Gail Paul | August 13, 2024

In a significant move aimed at lifting student achievement, the Maryland State Board of Education has unanimously voted to adopt Learning Forward’s Standards for Professional Learning. The board’s 10-0 vote […]

District leader Denise Stevens joins education panel celebrating excellence in teaching and learning

By Gail Paul | April 22, 2024

When education leader Denise Stevens joined a Learning Forward forum recently to talk about the impact high-quality professional learning is making in her district, she didn’t rein in her effusive […]

Standards for Professional Learning Week: Celebrating proven approaches to equipping educators with knowledge, skills, and mindsets essential to advancing student achievement

By Gail Paul | April 19, 2024

Learning Forward revised Standards for Professional Learning and launched them globally in 2022 to ensure educators have the latest evidence-backed information on what’s needed to build effective professional learning systems […]

How to translate Standards for Professional Learning into practice

By Suzanne Bouffard | February 8, 2024

One of the best ways to learn a language is to immerse yourself in it in multiple ways – listen, observe, study, practice. That approach to learning a new language […]

Aligned standards advance leaders, teachers, and students together

By Jackie Owens Wilson | October 17, 2023

In the many roles I have filled as an education leader, standards have always played an influential part, guiding my decisions and serving as a road map to the destination […]

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