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More sessions from the Leading Edge Fellows are pushing our thinking. The presentations go deep on literacy and AI, differentiated learning workflows, and leading with your own story and voice, at the classroom and system level. bit.ly/4fk5S4k #TeachPlusInnovation

Leading Edge Fellows are sharing their expertise in hands-on sessions on using podcasting, storytelling, and rural voices to ensure teachers and students are the ones shaping how AI is used in their classrooms and communities. bit.ly/4fk5S4k  #TeachPlusInnovation

The Leading Edge Fellowship convening begins with learning. The teachers are getting their hands on what's emerging on the frontier, including vibe coding and agentic AI. bit.ly/4fk5S4k #TeachPlusInnovation @aiedu_org

Literacy was optional for Rysa. It shouldn't have been. That’s why @TeachPlusCA Policy Fellow Jennifer Souza advocates for evidence-based methods for students with disabilities. Do these solutions resonate with your students? comstocksmag.com/commenstary/li…

Tomorrow, Teach Plus Leading Edge Fellows reunite in Chicago, ready to take their thought leadership further. #TeachPlusInnovation

They lead while they learn, driving nuanced conversations about what AI means for teaching and learning. By the numbers: 10 educators from 8 states. 23 op-eds. 17 media features. 30+ leadership sessions at school, district, state, and university level.

When you put innovative teacher leaders who think at the level of the classroom and the system at the forefront of something as new and consequential as AI, something remarkable happens. bit.ly/4fk5S4k

AI has been a tool to “deepen and refine” Leading Edge Fellow @arabanera's lesson plans. “When I design these types of lessons without AI, it takes me hours. I’ve done it before, looking at all the trends and themes, grouping and coding them.” edweek.org/technology/per…

NTPC teachers have arrived on Capitol Hill ready to bring classroom experience into conversations with policymakers. #TeachPlusOnTheHill

Thank you, @vanhollenformd, for endorsing the National Teacher Appreciation Week Resolution! During May Hill Week, NTPC member and 2025 Baltimore City Public Schools Teacher of the Year Jevons Liu met with Sen. Van Hollen on Capitol Hill to advocate for educators.

@SteveManering @teachplus We’re here from 14 states and close to 90 meetings. Should be a fruitful week.

CPS has the opportunity to adopt standards-based grading to provide parents with more comprehensive assessments of how students are doing, @TeachPlusIL Policy Fellow Paige Passman writes. It would allow for better conversations about what students know. chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/20…

Looking for the latest news on educator practice, policy, advocacy and impact? Read last week’s roundup – and sign up for this week’s: cm.teachplus.org/t/r-EF726D070B…

3 strategies the state of Arkansas can use to address absenteeism and literacy by constructing systems that catch students before they fall further behind, from the classroom of @teachplusar Policy Fellow Patricia Walker-Swinton: arkansasonline.com/news/2026/may/…

My ride to DCA is here. Ready to roll for @teachplus Hill Day. Gonna go hang with brilliant people and talk education & policy with my offices for the next three days.

In a new @TeachPlusPA report, "Closing the Gap: Real-World Returns on Pennsylvania's Adequacy Funding," the teachers found that schools that have invested adequacy funds in evidence-based ways are seeing positive impact on student outcomes. Read more: teachplus.org/resource/closi…

"We need teacher leadership models that empower classroom teachers to lead rather than leave." @TeachPlusPA Policy Fellow Trey Smith shares how Pennsylvania should reorganize staffing models to recruit and retain high-quality teachers for students: buckscountybeacon.com/2026/04/a-bett…

"What if students help design adult learning?" Leading Edge Fellow Ashley Kannan built a student cohort that did just that. His students piloted AI tools and became experts. Read more about what the students learned: dailyherald.com/20260427/colum…

CEDAN is working to build the diverse, fully prepared educator workforce CA students deserve. One priority: increase compensation to stabilize the educator workforce and expand affordable pathways into teaching. #CEDAN #CaliforniaEducators #EducatorDiversity

“Teaching allows all other professions to be possible. Teacher retention has to become the focus: this is how we shore up our economic landscape.” Watch Kai explain here: youtube.com/watch?v=H_b7Bv…

“Research tells us again and again that educators are the most important aspect of making any classroom initiative successful, from raising math scores to deepening students’ sense of belonging. So we need to ask, what conditions are we providing for teachers?”