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How one district turned scheduling instincts into decisions they could defend—and what the data revealed about instructional time, CTE pathways, and senior year....

Quickly identify instructional strengths and gaps—so every dollar spent on professional learning reduces risk instead of adding it. ...

Three essential strategic steps for delivering better student outcomes amid tighter fundingnand staffing, how to make them, and why now....

The AI Master Teacher Project will support active learning about the use of AI in classrooms from current educators. By asking carefully-selected master teachers to document their strategies, in practical and actionable terms, we’re making accessible to all educators the approaches that would otherwise be visible to only a few....

Washington State education leaders and policymakers have taken a bold stance on the need for expanded access to academically intense courses for all students. State- and district-level leaders know that academic acceleration is a key driver of statewide college readiness and career preparation. Yet state leaders and school district superintendents recognized a challenge: Access to high academic intensity courses across the state was uneven and often had low or uneven participation....

Faced with the reality of declining accountability ratings and accreditation challenges, school leaders began to evaluate whether the schedule was helping or hurting student performance. Superintendent John Cabral saw that the district's only high school needed wholesale transformation to provide students the best education possible and the ability to succeed in whatever path they choose after graduation....

What began as a 2016 pilot with 28 teachers produced double-digit student achievement gains and grew into a multi-year ever-evolving strategic partnership that helped CMS navigate curriculum adoption, pandemic response, and leadership capacity building – with compelling results....

BetterLesson selected to support Montana school districts in advancing evidence-based literacy instruction through the state’s Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Grant....

BetterLesson has been selected by the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) for its Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Grant Approved Providers List....

How can districts prepare students for both college and career success—and what does it require from our instructional leaders? In this episode of Lessons Learned, host Matt sits down with Adam Bowen, Superintendent of New Buffalo Area Schools, for a candid conversation on building systems that equip students for life after graduation—whether that path leads to higher education, the workforce, or both....

How can we align K–12 pathways with real economic opportunity? In this episode of Lessons Learned, host Matt sits down with Dr. TJ Vari, Senior Director of Product Strategy at MaiaLearning, to explore how schools can design college and career pathways that truly prepare students for life after graduation—starting as early as kindergarten....

How can we make math instruction more engaging and relevant for every student? In this episode of Lessons Learned, Season 2, host Matt is joined by Dan Meyer, former high school math teacher and current VP of User Growth at Amplify, widely known for his groundbreaking work with Desmos....