High-quality instructional experiences don't have to come at the expense of joyful learning—and joyful learning doesn't mean a lack of rigor.

A few months ago, an elementary interventionist told me her district had tightened student screen time limits. She was trying to ensure students completed their Tier 2 math intervention within the new 45-minute weekly cap. The intervention required logging in to one platform for lessons, then another for progress monitoring. Literacy ran on yet another. […]

Bill would require parental consent before a public elementary or middle school can update a student’s pronouns, gender markers or preferred name on records in order to receive federal funding.

When you sit in a classroom and watch a student move from "I can't do this" to "I think I've got it," the value of this work becomes undeniable.