In this one-hour webinar, hosted by AERA and 蜜桃影视, leading education researchers will explore how AI is being used in assessment today, what evidence we have about its effectiveness and what risks demand careful attention. The conversation will balance promise with caution, highlighting both cutting-edge research and the policy and ethical considerations shaping the future of student assessment.

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Related coverage on 蜜桃影视: 

• Two New Reports Urge 鈥楬uman-Centered鈥� School AI Adoption
  
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• 10 Useful Tech Tools for Educators in 2026: A Practical Guide 鈥� 蜜桃影视

Join 蜜桃影视 and the Progressive Policy Institute at 2 p.m. ET Tuesday for a special conversation about how apprenticeships can better prepare young people for success in a changing economy 鈥� and what policymakers need to do to ensure every student gets a strong start on the path to a good job.

PPI鈥檚 Bruno Manno will be joined by Adele Burns, chief of the California Division of Apprenticeship Standards; Chris Harrington, director of ApprenticeshipNC; Taylor White, director of postsecondary pathways for youth at New America; and a pair of young apprentices.

Sign up for the Zoom or tune in to this page Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET to stream the event.

Related coverage on 蜜桃影视: 

• Apprenticeships Aimed at Boosting Child Care Careers Have Been Flourishing
  
• 鈥楽tage Is Shifting Rapidly鈥� for High Schools: Are States Helping Them Keep Up?
  
• What鈥檚 a College Degree Worth? It Depends on the Major
  
• Coalition Hopes to 鈥楢ccelerate鈥� Career Training, Apprenticeships

Join 蜜桃影视 and the Progressive Policy Institute at 1 p.m. ET Wednesday for a special conversation about national service organizations, like AmeriCorps, and the impact cuts to their funding could have on the future of public education. 

PPI鈥檚 Curtis Valentine will lead a conversation with Legends Charter Schools鈥� CEO Atasha James and Rick Kahlenberg, director of PPI鈥檚 Housing Policy and the American Identity Project, about the power of individuals to improve educational outcomes for all children.

Sign up for the Zoom or tune in to this page Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET to stream the event.

Related coverage on 蜜桃影视: 

• Opinion: Teach For America Should Embrace Apprenticeship Model Amid AmeriCorps Cuts
  
• Students Among Those Hurt Most by National Park Service Cuts
  
• AmeriCorps鈥� Work With Students: In Limbo Despite Halt to Federal Funding Cuts 
  
• McMahon Takes Flak From Democrats, Republicans at Congressional Budget Hearing

Join 蜜桃影视 and the Progressive Policy Institute at 2 p.m. ET Thursday for a special conversation about the pivotal case. 

PPI鈥檚 Curtis Valentine will lead a conversation with Richard Kahlenberg, Jason Zwara of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and Eric Paisner of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools about the potential implications of the decision for charter school governance, state funding, church-state separation and educational equity.

Sign up for the Zoom or tune in to this page Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET to stream the event.

Recent school choice coverage from 蜜桃影视: 

• In Case the School Choice World 鈥楧readed,鈥� Justices Appear Open to Religious Charters

• The Justice, the Professor and the Friendship That Could Rattle a Pivotal Religious Charter School Case
  
• Jeb Bush: Texas鈥� Education Savings Account Victory Can Set Nationwide Standard
  
• Opinion: Supreme Court Must Not Undermine Public Education in Religious Charter Case

Join 蜜桃影视 and the Progressive Policy Institute at 1 p.m. ET Thursday for a webinar about the 鈥渟kills landscape鈥� and how education and AI could help unlock new avenues for equity, mobility and opportunity. 

PPI鈥檚 Bruno Manno will first lead a conversation with Matt Sigelman, president of the Burning Glass Institute, about the potential for AI to accelerate the pace of change and what this means for students and workers. 

Kerry McKittrick, co-director of the Harvard Project on the Workforce, will then moderate a panel with Judy Goldstein, senior vice president of American Student Assistance, and Carlo Salerno of the Burning Glass Institute.

Sign up for the Zoom or tune in to this page Thursday at 1 p.m. ET to stream the event.

More AI coverage from 蜜桃影视: 

• AI Education Is the New Space Race. Here鈥檚 How America Must Respond

• OpenAI鈥檚 Education Leader on AI鈥檚 鈥楳assive Productivity Boost鈥� for Schools, Teachers

• AI-Fueled Testing, From the Mouths of Babes

• Artificial Intelligence and Schools: When Tech Makers and Educators Collaborate, AI Doesn鈥檛 Have to be Scary

• Leanlab Founder Says Ed Tech Should Root Itself in Community Voice, Co-Design

Tuesday鈥檚 conversation will focus on how these schools are now serving as incubators for new AI tools and advancements. Joining Curtis Valentine, director of PPI鈥檚 Reinventing America’s Schools Project, will be Yourway Learning President Jason Green, EdSolutions CEO Jeff Livingston and Morehouse College鈥檚 Metaversity Director Dr. Muhsinah Morris. Click here to RSVP

Sign up for the Zoom or tune in to this page Thursday at 3 p.m. ET to stream the event.

More artificial intelligence coverage from 蜜桃影视: 

• Q&A: Khan Academy鈥檚 Kristen DiCerbo on the Promise & Limits of AI in Schools 鈥� and How It Could Spark a New Era of 鈥楥onversational鈥� Testing

• A Cautionary AI Tale: Why IBM鈥檚 Dazzling Watson Supercomputer Made a Lousy Tutor
  
• Leanlab Founder Says Ed Tech Should Root Itself in Community Voice, Co-Design

• Artificial Intelligence and Schools: When Tech Makers and Educators Collaborate, AI Doesn鈥檛 Have to be Scary
  
• Class Disrupted: How AI is Democratizing Access to Expertise in Education 

This Thursday, join 蜜桃影视 and the Progressive Policy Institute for a special conversation about how rural collaboratives can transform life trajectories for rural high school students and create sustainable economic development for their communities. 

The Rural Collaborative model, inspired by Texas鈥� Rural Schools Innovation Zone (RSIZ), aims to better align educational pathways with local economic needs. Speakers will include RSIZ Executive Director Michael Gonzalez, Texas State Rep. Brad Buckley, Colorado State Rep. Eliza Hamrick and Empower Schools CEO Alyssa Morton. RSVP right here. 

Sign up for the Zoom or tune in to this page Thursday at 11 a.m. ET to stream the event.

More rural education and career pathway coverage from 蜜桃影视: 

• Q&A: Nation鈥檚 First School Counselor Residency Launches in Rural CA 

• NJ Nonprofit Offers Hands-On STEM Learning to Low-Income Students at 150 Schools

• Campus Road Trip Diary: 8 Things We Learned This Year About America鈥檚 Most Innovative High Schools

• Report Shows Millions of Rural Students Facing Multiple Crises after COVID

• STEM with a Purpose Sparked Better Learning, and a Patent, for My Rural Students 

PPI Senior Advisor Bruno Manno is set to interview Governor Jared Polis, Chair of the National Governors Association, about his year-long 鈥淟et’s Get Ready: Educating All Americans for Success鈥� initiative, which emphasizes work-based learning, dual and concurrent enrollment, skills-based education and non-degree credentials. Alison Griffin will then moderate a special panel conversation, featuring such local experts as Colorado Succeeds President Scott Laband and Michael Macklin, Associate Vice Chancellor for Workforce Solutions at the Colorado Community College System.

Sign up for the Zoom or tune in to this page Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET to stream the event.

Recent work-based learning coverage from 蜜桃影视: 

• Indiana Banking Apprenticeships and Academy to Break the Mold for U.S. Training
  
• New York City鈥檚 First Hybrid School Gives Students Flexible, Real-World Learning
  
• Supe鈥檚 View: How My Colorado District Is Helping Students Find Their Life鈥檚 Path
  
• Indianapolis High School Carves Time Away from Class for Internships for All

Join 蜜桃影视 and the Progressive Policy Institute for a special conversation about the ways in which community service programs and school curriculum and practices can help strengthen social cohesion among students of different backgrounds. 鈥淭eaching Common Democratic Values in a Divided America鈥� will stream Wednesday at 2 p.m.

Joining moderator Tressa Pankovits from PPI will be American Exchange Project Co-Founder and CEO David McCullough III, Maryland Secretary of Service and Civic Innovation Paul Monteiro, American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Robert Pondiscio and Richard Kahlenberg, director of PPI鈥檚 American Identity Project. 

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Explore more civics education topics from 蜜桃影视: 

• It鈥檚 Time for a Ceasefire in the Civics Wars

• Opinion: Teachers in All Subjects Must Help Prepare the Next Generation of Voters

• 5 Lessons From Civics in How to Achieve Agreement Across the Political Divide

• There is Agreement on Civics Education 鈥� If You Know Where to Look

• How Texas Lawmakers Gutted Civics

Ahead of Election Day, join 蜜桃影视 and the Progressive Policy Institute for a special conversation about families, education politics and how parents鈥� rising influence could shape the results at the ballot box next month. 鈥淭he Politics of Education: Parent Voice and People Power” will stream Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 1 p.m. ET.

In the replay below, you’ll hear from such leaders and experts as Georgia State Senator Jason Esteves, former Superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools Howard Fuller, National Parents Union鈥檚 Keri Rodrigues Langan, and 蜜桃影视鈥檚 Jo Napolitano. Curtis Valentine of PPI鈥檚 Reinventing America鈥檚 Schools Project will moderate.

Recent EDlection 2024 coverage from 蜜桃影视: 

• Amid GOP Calls for Bible in Public Schools, Some Religious Voters are Tuning Out
  
• Opinion: How to Talk to Your Children About Politics, Abortion and America鈥檚 Future
  
• School Choice Questions Dominate November Ballot Propositions
  
• Long a Stranger to the Spotlight, Child Tax Credit Earns Embrace of Both Parties
  
• Opinion: Want to Win Over Male Voters? Harris Should Talk about Boys Failing in School

This summer, Lodi, California, high schoolers will again head to local wineries to learn the business through a combination of hands-on internships and college classes. The first-of-its-kind initiative is the result of a growing partnership among the district, Delta College, the Lodi Winegrape Commission and the nonprofit San Joaquin A+.聽

蜜桃影视 recently partnered with the Progressive Policy Institute for an inside look at the “Growing Futures” Initiative and how it aims to promote a more inclusive agriculture industry. 

In the replay below, you鈥檒l hear from experts Stuart Spencer, Executive Director of the Lodi Winegrape Commission, Kai Kung, CEO of San Joaquin A+, Kathy Stonum, Winemaker at Stonum Vineyards and Francesca Stonum, Operations Manager at Stonum Vineyards.

Some of our recent coverage of trends in career preparation:

• How a California Wine Region Is 鈥楪rowing Futures鈥� By Turning Vineyards Into State-of-the-Art Classrooms

• Why Wait to Graduate? Georgia Apprentices Start Training as Sophomores

• How Rhode Island Is Tapping Career & Technical Ed to Help Every Student Succeed

• LISTEN 鈥� Beyond 鈥楥ollege or Bust鈥�: Apprenticeship as a Path to Opportunity

• Who You Know: Social Capital is Key for First-Gen Students鈥� Career Success

Increasing numbers of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are acting as incubators for innovation in the teaching profession, and helping to grow the nation鈥檚 Black teacher pipeline.

蜜桃影视 recently partnered with the Progressive Policy Institute for an online panel examining how HBCUs are key contributors to bolstering Black educators.

In the replay below, you鈥檒l hear from experts Katherine Norris of Howard University鈥檚 College of Education, Dr. Artesius Miller of Morehouse College and Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School, Sharif El-Mekki from the Center for Black Teacher Development and 蜜桃影视鈥檚 Marianna McMurdock. Watch the full conversation:

Go Deeper: Explore our recent coverage of the teacher workforce below.

• How Black Educators in America鈥檚 Fastest-Shrinking City Are Reimagining Teacher Pipelines

• Teacher Prep Programs See 鈥楨ncouraging鈥� Growth, New Federal Data Reveal

• Breaking Down the Walls to Teaching: Alternative Pipelines Boom

• Preserving Black History Starts with Ensuring There Are Black Teachers

Apprenticeships are booming as high schools and private industry recognize the need for training students for roles in the workforce of the future and for offering career pathways that don’t necessarily rely on a bachelor’s degree.

蜜桃影视 recently partnered with the Progressive Policy Institute on a new installment of the “New Skills for a New Economy” webinar series, which focused on solutions needed to ensure the U.S. education and workforce systems adapt to meet current workforce needs.

In the replay below, you鈥檒l hear from experts, you鈥檒l hear from experts Vanessa Bennett of Jobs for the Future; Lateefah Durant of CityWorks D.C.; Jess Kostelnik, senior policy adviser to Colorado Gov. Jared Polis; and Seth Lentz, executive director of the Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin. Watch the full conversation:

Some of our recent coverage of trends in career preparation:

• Indianapolis High School Carves Time Away from Class for Internships for All
  
• Why Wait to Graduate? Georgia Apprentices Start Training as Sophomores
  
• How Rhode Island Is Tapping Career & Technical Ed to Help Every Student Succeed
  
• LISTEN 鈥� Beyond 鈥楥ollege or Bust鈥�: Apprenticeship as a Path to Opportunity
  
• Who You Know: Social Capital is Key for First-Gen Students鈥� Career Success

Join 蜜桃影视 and the Progressive Policy Institute at 1 p.m. ET Wednesday for an online panel discussing the influence of HBCUs in revolutionizing K-12 education. You鈥檒l hear from leaders Dr. Kathryn Procope, executive director of Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science; Dr. Angela Lang, founder of I Dream Big Charter School at Stillman College; and Dr. Quinhon Scott, executive director of Coppin Academy High School at Coppin University. Curtis Valentine of PPI鈥檚 Reinventing America’s Schools Project will moderate. 

or tune in to this page Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET to stream the event.

Recent coverage of K-12 innovation from 蜜桃影视: 

• 189 Innovative School Leaders: Teacher Staffing, AI, Mental Health Top Ed Issues
  
• 40 Years After 鈥楢 Nation At Risk,鈥� Could Curriculum Reform Finally Move the Needle on Academic Improvement?
  
• Black Education Entrepreneurs 鈥� and Parents 鈥� Are Pushing the Boundaries of School Choice
  
• National Poll Finds Overwhelming Support Among Black Teachers & Parents for ESAs

Join 蜜桃影视 and the Progressive Policy Institute at 1 p.m. ET Thursday for an online panel examining the role HBCUs can play as charter school authorizers, providing stronger oversight and governance and thus ensuring better educational opportunities for students. You鈥檒l hear from experts Dr. Nina Gilbert of Morehouse College, Dr. Karega Rausch of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, and Dr. Evelyn Edney of Delaware State University.

or tune in to this page Thursday at 1 p.m. ET to stream the event.

Only 7% of U.S. students can do advanced math, and affluence is no guarantee of student performance.

These disappointing stats will be examined in the next online panel presented by the Progressive Policy Institute and 蜜桃影视 at 1 p.m. ET Thursday. Panelists will put the PISA outcomes into perspective and offer answers to the inevitable, 鈥淣ow what?鈥� moment of reckoning.

The speakers include Dr. Peggy G. Carr, commissioner of the U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 National Center for Education Statistics; Andreas Schleicher, Director of the Directorate of Education and Skills at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; and Jonathan A. Supovitz, professor at the University of Pennsylvania鈥檚 Graduate School of Education.

Go Deeper: Explore more coverage surrounding America鈥檚 math crisis: 

• PISA Exam Tests Real-World Math Skills. But That鈥檚 Not What U.S. Schools Teach

• American Math Scores Fall on International Test 鈥� But Many Other Countries Suffered More
• As Test Scores Crater, Debate Over Whether There鈥檚 a 鈥楽cience鈥� To Math Recovery
• Advanced High School Math Classes a Game Changer, But Not All High Achievers Have Access

That was the foundation of a special Dec. 5 webinar sponsored by the Progressive Policy Institute and 蜜桃影视. Featured speakers included Executive Director of Change Inc.’s Jody Nelson; State Rep. Matt Norris; Khalique Rogers, founder of Good Riddance Consulting and Co-Director of the Center for School Change; and PPI’s Tressa Pankovits.

This panel’s focus: The Guadalupe Alternative Programs in St. Paul, Minnesota, a community-based middle and high school serving grades 7-12, and its work expanding career opportunities in residential construction.

Watch the full replay of the event:

Recent coverage of education reform and innovation from 蜜桃影视: 

• The Future of High School: Engaging Students & Careers Through Modern Apprenticeships

• Charters Yield More Learning, Higher Earnings than District Schools Per $1 Spent
  
• Alaska Leads States in First-Ever Rankings of Charter Performance on NAEP
  
• Indiana Seeks To 鈥楾ransform鈥� High School, Making Work Skills A Priority

These were the key areas of focus during a special Tuesday webinar presented by the Progressive Policy Institute and 蜜桃影视.聽

The Nov. 14 conversation about the past, present and future of HBCUs featured Georgia state Rep. El Mahdi Holly, Tennessee state Rep. Jesse Chism, Morehouse College鈥檚 Dr. Nina Gilbert, National Association of Charter School Authorizers CEO Dr. Karega Rausch and PPI鈥檚 Curtis Valentine. Watch the full replay:

Go deeper 鈥� Explore our archives on HBCUs:聽

• Howard University is a Center of Black Excellence: Here鈥檚 Why I Almost Didn鈥檛 Get the Chance to Attend

• Why More Big Employers Are Teaming Up with Historically Black Colleges (Read more)

• Q&A: UNCF CEO Michael Lomax on Providing More Resources for Low-Income Kids for Journey 鈥楾o and Through鈥� College

• From 2021: Students Enter Second Week of Sit-In at Howard University Demanding Better Housing, Trustee Seats (Read more)

蜜桃影视 and the Progressive Policy Institute this week convened for an online panel discussing career training lessons from Illinois. The speakers included associate superintendent Dr. Lazaro Lopez; Dr. Rita Gura, William Rainey Harper College dean of health careers; clinical nurse manager Susan Volpe; and Michael Piagari, a 12th grade student at Prospect High School.

Recent coverage of college and career pathways from 蜜桃影视: 

• To Combat Nursing Shortage, Rhode Island Charter Turns to High School Students
  
• Build Your Own High School: Phoenix Students Choose from 500 Classes, Internships, College Courses, Career Programs & More
  
• Why Wait To Graduate? Georgia Apprentices Start Training As Sophomores
  
• Opinion: 3 Ways to Help Students Gain the Career Connections They Need to Succeed

蜜桃影视 and the Progressive Policy Institute’s Reinventing America’s Schools Project recently convened this online panel on Denver and the future of education reform. The speakers include Colorado State Senator James Coleman; Alex Magana, head of Beacon Network Schools; State Rep. Jennifer Bacon; and Nate Easley, former Board Chair of Denver Public Schools.聽

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Recent coverage of education reform and innovation from 蜜桃影视:

• Campus Road Trip Diary: 8 Things We Learned This Year About America鈥檚 Most Innovative High Schools
• Conor Williams: Wait. Did Education Reform Just Become Inescapable?
• 蜜桃影视 Interview: Cara Fitzpatrick on 鈥楾he Death of Public School鈥�
• Opinion: Charters Are the Most Popular Form of School Choice. Democrats Must Get on Board

Now, some teachers are seeing career opportunities there, too. 

This week 蜜桃影视 partnered with VELA Education Fund to present a special livestream: 鈥淚nto the Unknown: Why Teachers Leave the Classroom to Launch Nontraditional Education Programs,鈥� featuring several educators who made that leap.聽

Education reporter Linda Jacobson moderated the conversation, which you can watch below. The panelists included Iman Alleyne, Ian Bravo and Heather Long, who all recently left traditional school settings to launch their own nontraditional education program. Mike McShane, Director of National Research at , shared trends and insights from a national point of view.

Here鈥檚 some recent coverage from our archive about microschools and learning pods:聽

鈥擟areer Pivot: Teachers leaving jobs during pandemic find 鈥榝ertile鈥� ground in new school models (Read the full story) 

鈥擭ew Type of Hybrid School: Great Hearts sees the potential in pairing online teaching with in-person pods (Read the full story) 

鈥擯ersonalized Learning: As COVID closed Arizona鈥檚 classrooms, Black mothers launched their own microschools (Read the full story) 

鈥擫earning Pods: In year two, pandemic pods 鈥榝ind their legs鈥� and face their limitations. Will they endure beyond COVID-19? (Read the full story)