What does it take to help a student with a learning difference succeed, not just academically, but as a whole person? In Wilson County Schools, the answer starts with something deceptively simple: feeling like someone in the building truly knows you and is in your corner. That insight sits at the heart of a new…

Students and families make digital choices every day—about screen time, social media, online safety, and AI—at school, at home, and everywhere in between. Digital literacy works best when educators, families, and communities build it together. Last year, a small group of educators proved something powerful: when schools open their doors and invite families into judgment-free…

For 1.54 million students experiencing homelessness, school can be the one constant in their lives. Anti-Plyler proposals could create new documentation barriers that disrupt enrollment, stability, and access to education.

Documentation requirements tied to immigration status could create unintended barriers for students in foster care, whose vital records may be inaccessible during placement changes. This blog explores how challenges to Plyler v. Doe could ripple across school communities.

Immigration enforcement is quietly disrupting classrooms nationwide—not through court rulings, but through fear. As attacks on Plyler v. Doe mount, learn why threats to one group of students’ educational access put every child’s stability and learning at risk.

A new national report from the Commission on Purposeful Pathways, A Launchpad for Life, is worth your time. It offers a lens that I think will challenge the way many of us evaluate our district’s pathways work, and it should. The Commission makes the case that the programs most districts are building, which include career…

What does it really mean to thrive? The season finale of Normal Gets Us Nowhere introduces a four-domain framework for thriving and explores why education pathways should be designed for purpose, belonging, agency, and economic security—not just employment.

A review of 2026 state legislation on summative assessments reveals three emerging trends: reducing statewide testing, fragmenting assessment systems, and using assessment data to expand opportunity. Learn what these proposals could mean for accountability, equity, and student success.

As AI transforms education and workforce development, are we repeating the same old patterns? This blog explores why AI literacy should be the starting point—not the end goal—and why young people deserve opportunities to understand, evaluate, and shape the future of AI.