Literacy. Problem-based learning. Experiential learning. High-quality instructional materials. Career- and technical- education. AI preparedness. Algebra. Career-connected learning. Many organizations across the education ecosystem are working hard to strengthen outcomes for students. At a time when the economy is evolving rapidly and expectations for what schools should prepare students to do are expanding just as quickly, there is no shortage of priorities competing for th

In September 2021, I published an op-ed in Education Week arguing that climate change should be understood not only as an environmental or economic issue, but as an education emergency. At the time, schools across the United States were already experiencing the early effects: wildfire smoke forcing closures across the West, hurricanes disrupting learning along the Gulf Coast, and extreme heat increasingly affecting school days in regions not built for it. My core argument wa