Improving attendance is one of the highest-return investments available to policymakers: An analysis suggests that raising high school graduation rates by just three percentage points could generate billions of dollars.

Colorado’s expanding use of four-day school weeks is intensifying concerns about lost instructional time as districts weigh the model’s impact on student learning, staffing and long-term outcomes.

The dominant metaphor for colleges of education is a pipeline. Candidates enter, complete preparation, and exit into schools. That model is no longer sufficient.

AI is not a product to approve and deploy. It presents as a continuous stream of decisions about use, risk and trust.