Researcher Constance Lindsay discusses recent findings on why and how good principals make a bigger impact on student learning than previously thought.

Jim Knight and Michael Faggella-Luby, authors of Data Rules: Elevating Teaching with Objective Reflection, discuss ways schools can redefine data use to have a more positive impact on student learning and teacher practice.

Superintendent Teresa D. Hill, author of "The Instructional Leaders Guide to Closing the Achievement Gap," discusses how educators can move past the external noise and finger-pointing and zero in on tested, school-based strategies that make a difference in student learning outcomes.

Alyssa Gallagher and Rosie Connor, authors of Embracing Messy Leadership: How the Experience of 20,000 School Can Transform You and Your School, discuss ways school leaders widen their strategic perspective and build on the human side of instructional improvement.

Summer learning has taken on greater urgency and new forms since the pandemic. Researcher Allison Crean Davis says summer programs, when intentionally designed and supported, can play a key role in boosting student learning and enrichment opportunities.

Mike Anderson, author of "Rekindle Your Professional Fire: Powerful Habits for Becoming a More Well-Balanced Teacher,” discusses how educators can put their own unique stamp on lessons even within highly structured curriculum programs—and why this is so important.

Huda Essa, the author of The Consciously Unbiased Educator, discusses how school leaders and educators can disrupt exclusionary practices in schools and utilize diversity as an asset to support greater student achievement.

Empathy is a key ingredient of emotionally intelligent school and district leadership, says Brittany Hogan, national keynote speaker and equity consultant. It "plays a huge role in how we relate to other people, how we understand them, how we give them grace—and how we help them learn and develop as human beings." When educators "lean into empathy," they become better decision-makers and relationship-builders.

Juan-Diego Estrada, a school counselor and director of wellness, discusses a school-wide framework to increase awareness, knowledge, and support in connection with mental health issues. He describes how the approach has changed the culture of his school, as reflected in both wellness and student learning.

Nita and Michael Creekmore discuss their book "Every Connection Matters: How to Build, Maintain, and Restore Relationships Inside the Classroom and Out".

You don't have to be a media arts teacher or an English teacher to teach storytelling. Storytelling is everywhere,” says educator and author Michael Hernandez. Here, Hernandez shares simple ways teachers can swap out traditional assignments—in any subject area or grade level—with digital storytelling projects like “explainer videos.” Digital storytelling projects, Hernandez notes, can make learning more meaningful, engaging, and enjoyable for students—even if it's hard work. They're also “uncheatable,” a bonus in today’s A.I. world.

Allison Rodman, author of Still Learning: Strengthening Professional and Organizational Capacity, discusses the often-overlooked role of social-emotional support and growth in educator learning and team capacity building. For Rodman, strengthening social-emotional resources and focus is tantamount to investing in educators and organizational health.

Leadership coach and author Jamila Dugan discusses the recent backlash against restorative discipline practices in schools and offers advice on how educators can move beyond arbitrary, surface-level "fixes" to student-behavior problems.