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How can school and district leaders build the prerequisite conditions for AI to be used powerfully, equitably, and responsibly?
This problem of practice provides three approaches school and district leaders can take to build the prerequisite conditions for AI to be used powerfully, equitably, and responsibly.
Using Surveys to Understand Staff AI Use
This strategy highlights how United Charter High School Humanities II developed and implemented a staff survey to understand how educators were currently using AI and what support they needed. The approach was later scaled across the seven-school...
Working with Industry Partners to Design Real-World, AI-Enhanced Projects
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT help students engage deeply in authentic problem-solving challenges by supporting research, ideation, and content creation. This strategy explores how students can use AI to empathize with real-world partners,...
Leveraging AI to Transform Teaching and Learning
From Urgent to Future: A Roadmap for Embedding Learning Acceleration within the Instructional Core
This white paper sets a vision for reimagining learning acceleration as a systemwide approach to teaching and learning—one that moves beyond short-term recovery or supplemental programs to become part of the instructional core. Grounded in field...
Access and Equity in Online Classes and Virtual Schools
Online education is one of the fastest growing phenomena in K-12 education in the United States today. Over half of states currently have some form of state-run virtual school, with additional state programs in the planning stage. Various surveys...
Professional Development for Virtual Schooling and Online Learning
This report, created by the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) research committee, aims to raise awareness of misconceptions and provide guidance on professional development for traditional and online schools. School leaders have...
A National Primer on K-12 Online Learning (1st Edition)
Many educators and policymakers remain unaware of the basics of how online education programs operate, what an online course looks like, and most fundamentally, how students can learn online. This report aims to help fill the gaps, to be a resource...
State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada (2009)
In October 2008, iNACOL released the initial Snapshot State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada report, providing a brief outline of K-12 distance education in Canada. This report provides an updated analysis of Canada’s K-12 distance...
Sorting Through Online Learning Options: A Guide for Parents
To assist parents in choosing the right online program for their student, we offer this list of questions parents should use as a guide. It is estimated that there are over one million K-12 enrollments in online courses across the country. The...
An Exploration of At-Risk Learners and Online Education
This issues brief analyzes how online programs deal with at-risk students. First, the authors document a sampling of K-12 online program strategies for at-risk students. Second, the report provides survey responses to determine online delivery and...