Learning Forward blog
- President’s budget proposal would slash funding for professional learning
On April 3rd, President Trump released his fiscal year 2027 (FY27) budget request, which includes requests for the U.S. Department of Education. Although the budget request maintains funding for some
- High-quality curriculum implementation spotlight: Grow Public Schools
In this second part of Learning Forward’s blog series on the CalTex Curriculum-Based Professional Learning Network, we’re highlighting the work of Grow Public Schools, a charter network focused on serving
- Tulsa leaders’ participation in Learning Forward Academy improves mentoring program
Nearly every day, Tulsa Public Schools’ Melissa Ihde works with Katy Green, executive director of Educator Effectiveness and Professional Learning, supporting novice and aspiring teachers. Outside of their normal work
- Curriculum based professional learning to advance student learning
Research solidly supports the idea that curriculum has a direct impact on student engagement and learning. On their own, high-quality instructional materials are not enough; to make a positive impact
- Designed for impact: Four strategies for customizing professional learning
Fostering school improvement through high-quality professional learning is always challenging for education leaders, but recently, they have been called on to address their numerous improvement challenges while funding is even
- Moving from fragmentation to cohesive learning
For many years, our Monday afternoon professional learning time, referred to as Continuous Instructional Improvement (CII), was well-intentioned but fragmented. Sessions varied by teams and topics, initiatives competed for attention,
- Final FY26 Appropriations Preserves Title II-A and Title IV-A
Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, on a vote of 217 to 214, a five bill FY 2026 Appropriations minibus that contains final FY26 funding for the Departments
- New Officers and Board Members at Learning Forward
DALLAS—Denise Swee’alt Augustine, retired former superintendent of Indigenous Education for the Ministry of Education in British Columbia, began her term as board chair of the Learning Forward Board of Trustees
- Learning Forward’s AI Leadership Poll
During the 2025 Learning Forward Annual Conference, President and CEO Frederick Brown reported the results of the organization’s informal poll about AI in professional learning. Results show that most of
- How to make new teacher mentoring lead to sustainable improvement
In most schools, a new teacher assumes essentially the same responsibilities as an experienced one, often to the detriment of both the novice teacher and her students. Nationally representative data
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