Highly engaged STEM classrooms shared several common characteristics. Students were actively building, testing, revising, collaborating, and solving authentic problems.

For schools grappling with engagement and attendance, the implication is straightforward: ask if connection is being built into the daily experience of your districts' students.

District leaders are discovering the hidden reality of the SaaS era: schools no longer own their systems or control their data environments.

We are entering a moment when schools have more educational technology than ever before, and less confidence than ever about how to use it well.