Rethinking ELL instruction beyond screen-based learning.

"People support what they help create," is one of Superintendent Alena Zachery-Ross's favorite leadership phrases. It's how she describes Ypsilanti Community Schools' efforts to engage learners in AI adoption and other new initiatives.

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.

The science of reading is one of the most wildly successful examples of how decades of federally funded research and development fueled major initiatives across virtually every district in the country.