Two 2026 studies show that AI raises the numbers teachers watch and lowers the learning those numbers were built to represent. The measurement problem belongs to everyone building for schools. A student who used to spend 64 minutes on an assignment now finishes it in 45. Her homework score goesContinue Reading
Here’s our curated list of EdTech funding opportunities open this September. From research grants to accelerators to pitch competitions, each is built for a different stage. Six different doors opened this month, and most founders will only notice the one they already knew about. Six different doors opened this month,Continue Reading
A teacher I know spent three months building an online course. Real care went into it. Good slides, clear videos, a topic she knew inside out. She launched it, sat back, and waited. Eight percent finished. She did what most of us do. She blamed the learners first. Too busy,Continue Reading
Picture a course. Forty-five minutes of recorded lecture. A PDF of slides. A five-question quiz at the end. Published on an LMS and called online learning. This is a problem, and this is why we need Instructional design. This scene plays out thousands of times a day across schools, universities,Continue Reading
There is a version of an online course that looks like this: ten video lectures, each ten minutes long, chunked neatly into modules. A multiple-choice quiz at the end. A certificate when the final quiz is passed. The educator spent months building it. The production value is high. The learnerContinue Reading
The practical companion for educators who are serious about course quality and want to understand not just which tools exist, but why each one earns its place in a professional workflow. The Wrong Question Most Educators Ask First I have reviewed a lot of L&D technology in my work: tools,Continue Reading
Seven Research-Grounded Components That Transform How Digital Educators Plan, Deliver, and Assess Online Learning. A lesson plan, at its most fundamental, is a teacher’s roadmap. It transforms intention into impact, mapping the distance between what students do not yet know and what they will be able to do by theContinue Reading
