On Friday, the Senate Appropriations Committee axed 29% of the 432 bills on its list, although it kept a handful of those alive to work on next year. That’s more aggressive trimming than the committee did last May. “The state is facing a significant budget deficit and with that in mind, the committee had to…
10 L&D Confessions From An Industry Thought Leader Are you guilty of never measuring learning impact? Have you ever handed over a PowerPoint deck for employee training and called it a day? This eBook delves into the “sins” that L&D pros commit and practical solutions to help you get back on track, courtesy of Dr….
by TeachThought Staff While the scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM) at the Waisman Center aren’t yet ready to issue evidence-based mindfulness curriculum practices, Flook and CIHM outreach specialists Lisa Thomas Prince and Lori Gustafson offer the following tips for families wishing to engage in mindfulness practices for a…
On April 24, some employees were sent an email from a supervisor that confirmed that HHS now owned the CDC’s main social media platforms, including its X, Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts. “We were also notified that HHS is not accepting content for those channels at this time,” the email added. In response to a…
eLearning Platforms For Flexible Skill Development In A Fast-Changing World Let’s be honest for a second. The way people learn new skills today is nothing like it used to be. In the past, learning something new meant enrolling in a class, commuting to a location, following a fixed schedule, and paying a good amount of…
by Terry Heick Are there questions students can ask themselves while you’re teaching? Questions that can guide and support their own thinking and awareness before, during, and after your teaching? Of course, this assumes you’re ‘teaching’ a traditional ‘lesson’ with a learning objective or target. If not, this may not be very helpful. This is…
Garden for the Environment is open to the public every day, and offers volunteer work hours twice a week and classes for schools another two days. You can also pay to sign up for workshops on topics like composting, food growing, beekeeping, bird watching, native plants and more. The Master Gardener Program is also there…
BOULDER, CO (March 11, 2025)—A professionalized teaching workforce is key to strong educational opportunities, improved student outcomes, and broader societal benefits. However, recent policies aimed at improving teacher quality have had unintended consequences—eroding teacher autonomy, increasing workload, standardizing curriculum and assessment, and fostering public distrust. In NEPC’s new policy brief, Let’s Stop Asking Whether Teachers…
Less Coding, Smarter Learning In a world where upskilling cycles are shrinking and business agility is paramount, the future of Learning and Development (L&D) is no longer just digital—it’s intelligent, adaptive, and autonomous. In 2025, a new class of L&D infrastructure is taking shape: self-learning ecosystems. And at the heart of this evolution lies the…
Learning–real, informal, authentic, and lifelong learning–can ‘begin’ with just about anything. In that way, this is obviously not an exhaustive list. Nor am I implying that these are ‘the best’ starting points or that they would be in every case effective in your classroom. There are simply too many variables. What I hope to accomplish…