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New online courses
Learning Forward’s online learning platform brings participants together to meet virtually for live, facilitated sessions, asynchronous learning experie..
Statewide learning on standards
Mississippi educators participated in a two-day overview of Standards for Professional Learning. The event was a collaboration of the Mississippi Department of Education, Regional Education Service Ar..
The Learning Professional top 10 articles in 2022
The Learning Professsional’s most-read articles in 2022 focus on building community in a divided world, implementing revised Standards for Professional Learning, and perennially po..
Charting a course through turbulence
Educators often feel pulled in multiple directions, but for many, that feeling is especially acute right now. Navigating schools’ competing priorities, students’ increasing needs, and intense publ..
Learning to teach controversial issues: A path forward
Dealing with controversial issues is one of the most important tasks teachers perform. At the same time, we must acknowledge that today, fear of backlash for addressing “contentious, politicized top..
It’s OK to be uncomfortable when talking about race
We live in perilous times for educational equity. The progress we’ve made in desegregation, culturally responsive pedagogy, and social justice is threatened by backlash legislation and protests in d..
What to do when the kids aren’t alright
In the aftermath of the acute phases of COVID-19, some schools are adopting trauma-informed, high-leverage practices to help educators and students cope with the psychological impact of the pandemic o..
An advocate for ‘good trouble’ and teaching truth
Jessyca Mathews’ father always knew she would become a teacher, but she wasn’t so convinced. When Mathews’ path did lead her to education, she decided not only to teach in her hometown of Flint,..
Educators value social and emotional skills. Here’s how to build them
Most educators believe that social and emotional learning (SEL) skills are a fundamental part of good teaching and learning (Education Week, n.d.; Hamilton et al., 2019) because they help children and..
Ask why and anticipate challenges
Education professionals face myriad problems of practice, especially in the face of current trauma, injustice, and other stressors. To address those challenges, educators should work collaboratively t..
