Learning Forward
Equity and excellence in teaching and learning.
Cognitive science illuminates how people learn. This issue shows how professional learning can integrate its key principles to make the most of educators’ and students’ learning opportunities.
Generative AI can be a powerful tool for professional learning design and implementation. This issue dives into strategies, examples, and pitfalls to avoid.
For all students to thrive, we need to understand who they are and what they need now. This issue looks at current challenges and opportunities and implications for educator learning.
Leaders need opportunities to connect, learn, and grow with peers just as teachers do. This issue examines how to foster learning communities for principals, superintendents, curriculum directors, and other leaders.
This issue offers advice about making the most of professional learning resources, including money, time, personnel, and technology.
Pilot studies suggest collecting and summarizing data may be some of the most helpful ways for instructional coaches to use AI.
AI can simplify many aspects of evaluation, including survey creation, but professional learning leaders’ thoughtful reflection and critical analysis are essential.
These six factors are usually present in successful long-term professional learning initiatives – and they don’t all take dollars to implement.
Role confusion is common for new coaches. To get past it, keep coaching’s purpose – student success – in mind.
