School nurse shortages are creating new challenges for student health and learning. This guide examines the growing impact of healthcare staffing shortages in K-12 schools and explores practical strategies districts are using to expand access to student care without relying solely on additional nursing staff.

Ensure every student, family member, and staff member can access your district’s digital content — not just legally, but equitably. This guide walks K-12 leaders through the essentials of ADA digital accessibility and how federal requirements, including the updated Title II rule, impact school websites, documents, and online tools. You’ll find practical insights on what ADA compliance means for PDFs and other digital formats, why accessibility matters for all learners, and thoughtful considerations for planning accessibility work across your district.

Teacher evaluation should lift practice — yet in most districts it consumes time, strains trust, and produces paperwork that educators rarely use. Backed by research and field insights from school leaders, this guide shows three ways that emerging AI-powered tools like Swiftscore can help reframe evaluation from a compliance ritual into a growth-focused system — without undermining human judgment. You’ll discover how AI can:

• Save leaders hours of administrative work so they can coach more in classrooms
• Improve consistency and fairness of feedback tied to your district’s rubric
• Provide practical guardrails that keep human expertise at the center

Lead with clarity and purpose in the face of complex, high-stakes challenges in K-12 education. This guide helps superintendents and district leaders focus on what truly matters—navigating political pressures, strengthening leadership teams, and driving meaningful student outcomes. You’ll find practical insights on leading strategically instead of relying on rigid plans, addressing systemic barriers that hold schools back, and staying grounded in purpose while managing the realities of modern district leadership.

Teaching has never been easy — but today’s teachers are more overloaded than ever. They clock 50+ hours a week, navigate changing expectations, and still show up for their students. Angela Watson, classroom teacher turned productivity coach, has helped more than 60,000 educators rethink the way they work — so they can reclaim their time and reduce burnout. This guide shares 5 practical strategies every educator can use to get more done in less time — without sacrificing their well-being.

• How to set boundaries to protect your time and energy
• Ways to create repeatable systems to minimize daily stress
• Simple tech strategies to streamline your workload

In today’s classrooms, attention spans are shrinking — but the need for student engagement has never been greater. This guide features five classroom-tested strategies to help teachers capture student attention and hold it, using technology with intention — not overload. Based on the work of educator and author Matt Miller, this resource provides practical ways to:

• Make learning feel more like students’ favorite digital experiences
• Design interactive lessons that activate attention
• Simplify your tech stack to maximize creativity

In recent years, America’s public schools have come under fire — from political attacks to legislative threats to outright misinformation campaigns. Despite these challenges, courageous educators and school leaders continue to show up every day to create inclusive, safe, and student-centered environments. This guide shares ideas around:

• Why public schools must reject false narratives and lead with truth
• How to create a school culture grounded in love, not fear
• What it takes to stay the course and redesign schools for a stronger future

Today’s students don’t just need content knowledge —they need the skills to solve real-world problems, collaborate effectively, and think critically in a world shaped by artificial intelligence. Project-Based Learning (PBL) provides the structure and flexibility for educators to do just that. You’ll learn:

• Why PBL is essential in the age of artificial intelligence
• How to create deeper, more student-centered learning experiences
• Common PBL mistakes — and how to avoid them

Everyone loves talking about the why behind school improvement. But in 2025, educators want something more concrete: How will this change help my students — and how will it affect me in my role? This free guide explores how K–12 leaders can build ownership (not just buy-in) for important strategic initiatives — and avoid the costly pitfalls of failed change management. You'll learn:

• How to avoid top-down mandates that alienate staff
• How to create psychological safety during times of change
• How to build collaborative ownership through vision and voice

Personalized learning has become a must-have strategy in today’s K-12 classrooms, helping educators design flexible, student-centered instruction tailored to every learner’s needs. But while schools recognize the importance of individualized instruction, many struggle to implement it effectively. You'll learn:

• Why traditional school models make personalization difficult — and how to change that
• How teachers can structure classrooms for self-paced and mastery-based learning
• The role of technology as a support tool — not a replacement — for student engagement

As teachers look for ways to engage students and reconnect with their passion for the classroom, the hunt is on for instructional solutions that make better use of classroom time. In this free resource, blended learning expert and author Dr. Catlin Tucker and others share how principles of UDL and blended learning can help differentiate and personalize instruction, while freeing educators up to move around the classroom and putting students at their center of the academic journey. You’ll learn:

• ⁠The power of teachers as ‘Architects of Learning’
• The role of technology as ‘a support tool’
• ⁠Using blended learning to differentiate & personalize instruction

As teacher attrition rates rise and fewer people go into the profession, job-related stress in schools is at an all-time high. 

In this guide, educator, author and entrepreneur Carla Tantillo Philibert and others confront the latest research and provide a framework and practical ideas for school leaders and educators to create a culture that supports the needs of adults within the broader school organization. You'll learn:

• How to care for your people and yourself
• Find your starting point with adult well-being work
• Successfully anchor adults needs alongside student needs

Whether you’re an administrator, instructional coach or educator looking for ideas to empower your teachers and staff and reverse staff attrition in your schools, this free resource features research and practical ideas, courtesy of best-selling author and educator George Couros and other experts that you can use to start making a difference today. You’ll learn:

• How to move from a culture of ‘appreciation’ to ‘value’
• A process to develop an ‘ownership mentality’ among teachers & staff
• A communication framework to identify & solve problems

Whether you’re a teacher, or administrator, it’s a sure bet that artificial intelligence will impact your work in schools. This free resource features ideas from Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Author A.J. Juliani and others to help balance the inherent risks of A.I., with a growing list of potential benefits, from improved decision-making and differentiated instruction to student engagement. You’ll learn:

• What artificial intelligence is & how it works
• Policy ideas for balancing the risks vs. the rewards
• Applications for saving time & improving students outcomes

As job-related stress rises in schools, pressure is mounting to improve teacher efficacy, amid a backdrop of limited administrator time. In this free resource, leading teacher evaluation expert Kim Marshall and others combine the latest research with their own insights, designs and experiences to showcase a practical alternative characterized by shorter, more frequent classroom visits and practical just-in-time professional feedback. You’ll learn:

• The time-saving benefits of ‘mini-teacher observations’
• How to get teachers & staff to embrace a new system
• A process for sharing feedback & implementing change

A strong family engagement strategy is directly linked to higher student achievement. This free resource combines the latest research on family engagement with ideas and strategies from respected experts like Drs. Steve and Peggie Constantino and others to help you achieve practical outcomes in your schools. You’ll learn:

• Why K-12 family engagement matters in K-12 schools
• The difference between engagement & communication
• How to measure ROI with your family engagement strategy

Whether you’re a new teacher or one with years of experience, the ability to engage students and teach with confidence starts before ever setting foot in the classroom. In this guide, Cult of Pedagogy founder and editor Jennifer Gonzalez and other experts lay a foundation for you to confidently engage students via the art (and science) of powerful lesson design. You’ll learn:

• How lesson design impacts teacher confidence
• The 5 core elements of a powerful lesson (for any classroom)
• A framework for mastering powerful lesson design

Where most schools have gotten good at traditional “learning” (e.g. teaching to standards), students still struggle to master so-called 21st-century skills. Dr. Peter Liljedahl, author of the hugely popular Building Thinking Classrooms series, and others say it comes down to changing not just what activities we ask students to do in our classrooms, but in how we teach them to collaborate and to think. You’ll learn:

• Normative teaching practices vs. thinking teaching practices
• How to change your mindset to promote thinking
• The power of student-led collaboration & conversation

Be it chronic absenteeism, student mental health, learning gaps or something else, the challenges schools face are new and complex. Many will require a different set of skills. Produced in partnership with The Center for Model Schools, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, this free resource will help you adapt a solutions mindset. You’ll learn:

• The difference between adaptive & technical leadership
• A framework for adaptive leadership in K-12 schools
• Practical ideas & resources to change your approach

As schools grapple with new realities, stronger training and support is something your front-line teams want and need. But good professional learning and support is hard to find. This free resource was created to help school leaders evaluate professional development programs with an eye toward the future. You’ll learn:

• Must-have elements when choosing the right content
• What to look for in your next K-12 PD partner
• Plus, a list of in-demand topics for teachers & staff