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Key points: I once met a student who had attended three different schools before arriving at mine. His parents described him in familiar terms: quiet, disengaged, unmotivated. During one of his first classes, a teacher noticed the sketches in the margins of his notebook–detailed drawings of architectural structures and futuristic cities. Instead of redirecting him back to the worksheet, she asked about the drawings. For the first time in years, the student began talking about something he valued. Within weeks, the same student was volunteering ideas and asking deeper questions. Nothing about the curriculum changed. Someone simply saw him. Moments…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: An overwhelming majority — 87% — of women education leaders say they want to advance in their careers, and 68% reported taking on expanded leadership responsibilities in the last two years, according to a recent national survey from Women Leading Ed.  However, an even larger majority — 92% — say stress is a significant problem in education leadership, and nearly 4 in 5 say their work-life balance is not good, the nonprofit found. Top stressors include funding and budgets, followed…

By: Misty Chandler The Real World Learning (RWL) ecosystem will come together to collaborate and learn together during the District Planning Summit, April 16. Like the RWL Conference in February, it will be about moving our collective work forward to make Market Value Asset attainment accessible for more and more students across the Kansas City region, which straddles the state line between Kansas and Missouri.  The collaboration that is a hallmark of Real World Learning – among school and district leaders, administrators, educators, curriculum leaders, and business, industry, and community partners – is truly uncommon. I think it boils down to a commitment to work together for the collective impact of reimagining high…

Workplace skills have changed a lot over the last few years. While the demand for skills has kept rising, the lack of visibility around what workplace skills are needed has created quite a big roadblock for anyone working towards upskilling and reskilling their employees. According to the TalentLMS 2026 L&D report, 65% of employees say performance expectations have gone up recently. At the same time, over half of these workers feel their current workloads leave absolutely no time for learning new things. On top of that, companies do not know what their teams can actually do. And the employees do…

An estimated 30 percent of graduate students would hit their student loan limits if new borrowing caps take effect this summer. That’s according to new research from the Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center at American University that breaks down how the loan limits will affect states, institutions, programs and students. The caps, put in place by Congress last summer, are expected to significantly change how students pay for college and could force some institutions to close programs. To prepare, institutions are offering their own lending options, partnering with private lenders or helping to get students grandfathered into the current system.…

There are two screening criteria I use to decide if a role fits in this Featured Gig series. The first is whether the job is one I might be interested in if I were in the job market. The second is if the role sits at the intersection of learning, technology and organizational change. Today’s featured gig is for the executive director of online education and AI innovation at Manchester University. The university’s human resources director, Heather N. Hess, has the answers to my questions about the role. Q: What is the university’s mandate behind this role? How does it…

What Is Multimodal AI? Multimodal AI is a type of Artificial Intelligence that can understand, process, and generate multiple forms of data, such as text, images, audio, and video, within a single system. Unlike traditional AI, which typically works with a single data type at a time, multimodal AI combines multiple inputs to produce more accurate, context-aware outputs. In learning contexts, this mirrors how humans naturally process information by combining visuals, language, and sound. What is multimodal data? It is any dataset that includes more than one type of input, such as a training video (visual + audio) paired with…

Think of Markdown as the universal translator for the internet. It is a lightweight language that uses simple symbols to handle formatting instead of hidden, messy code. It is designed to be human readable, meaning you can look at the raw text and still understand the structure without needing a special viewer.A Markdown TutorialGetting started with Markdown is easier than you might think. Here are the most common symbols you will use:Headings: Use hashtags at the start of a line. One hashtag (#) is a main title, while two (##) or three (###) create subheadings.Emphasis: Wrap your text in double…

The first report in this series on financial aid for students without financial need argued that most colleges cannot cover their costs without revenue from higher-income students. The second report showed that the practice of providing merit aid for students without financial need is widespread and growing, especially at public institutions, which traditionally did not offer this type of aid. This report focuses on the strategies colleges use to set prices. How do colleges set sticker prices and how do they choose how much to discount that price for students without financial need by offering merit aid? Over time, how…

ADHD can be so misunderstood. I know there was a season I had to learn about what it is. How to be sensitive to students — and my own children. As a Mom, a child with ADHD is a very sensitive topic to me. Even in hindsight I remember the struggle and wonder if the decisions I made were on point based on what today’s guest and many others have taught me about ADHD. This is the episode I wish I could have had as a Mom and a teacher fifteen years a go.But I can’t go back, but I…