A new school year is upon us, and teachers across the country are returning to their classrooms recharged, bursting with ideas and brimming with optimism. What’s at the top of their to-do lists?

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. The state of California has processed a backlog of nearly 300,000 lab records related ...

Collecting data is something leaders and teachers do really well. For example, we were recently working with leaders in a small urban school district, and they told us that collecting data is never an ...