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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,...
Extending Existing Projects with AI
Educators can integrate AI into projects they already know work well. By adding an AI-powered layer, teachers can create richer learning opportunities, spark new insights, and extend student thinking beyond what was previously possible.
Agency-Driven Leadership: The Catalyst for Change
This first installment in a three-part series introduces the concept of agency-driven leadership, exploring how leaders at every level can act as catalysts for change by modeling the focus, resilience, and growth mindset that make agentic learning...
The 4Cs: Understanding Agency-Driven Leadership in Action
This second installment in a three-part series introduces the 4Cs—Conceptual Understanding, Commitment, Competency, and Capacity—as a practical framework for agency-driven leadership, offering leaders clear entry points to strengthen the conditions...
Leveraging AI to Transform Teaching and Learning
Introducing a Framework to Guide the Change Process
This is the third and final installment in a three-part series that focuses on the process that helps leaders bring those conditions to life through the Friction Free Transformation Framework.
Starting Smart with Learning Acceleration: A Quick Guide for School Leaders
This guide equips principals and school-based leaders to make learning acceleration part of daily teaching and learning. Organized around five foundational questions, it provides Hop, Skip, and Leapfrog actions that help leaders align vision,...
Opening New Pathways: Evidence of Learning Acceleration in Public Virtual and Hybrid Models
"Opening New Pathways: Evidence of Learning Acceleration in Public Virtual and Hybrid Models" explores how public schools, when given the space to innovate, align with community needs, and measure what matters, can design high-quality virtual and...
Individual Check-ins for Student Success
Individual check-ins create structured, personalized conversations between instructors and students to build relationships, provide feedback, and address challenges early. These meetings help students feel seen and supported while modeling the type...
Promising Practices in Online Learning: Blended Learning – The Convergence of Online and Face-to-Face Education
The rise of the Internet tremendously increased the quality of digital classroom resources, and schools and districts today are combining online learning with face-to-face instruction, called blended learning. By combining the very best elements of...
Open Educational Resources (OER) Stories, Policies, and Resources
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is working to advance the understanding, adoption and implementation of open educational resources (OER) practices at state and district levels. This research represents the second phase of a 2014...