Tara Smith
Latest articles by Tara Smith

By Tara Smith Last updated
These innovative educators share how they add edtech solutions to the equation in K–12 math classrooms.

By Tara Smith Last updated
Digital equity is one of the most complex and urgent issues facing 21st-century educators.

By Tara Smith Published
Taking time to communicate with and listen to the community is critical—especially during a crisis

By Tara Smith Published
Education boards need to emphasize direction, trust, and implementation

By Tara Smith Published
For a school board, Successful navigation of a crisis requires trust, consensus, and mutual focus on clear goals and priorities

By Tara Smith Last updated
Help Parents Help Their Students Learn

By Tara Smith Last updated
Collin Yust taught himself to code by going through the Codelicious lessons.

By Tara Smith Published
Teacher-librarian and school library media specialist Dayna Derichs wants every one of the 600 pre-K–fifth-grade students at Wheeler Elementary to have opportunities to experience the “wow” moments that happen when technology transforms learning.

By Tara Smith Published
While most US high-school students aspire to earn a college degree, less than one in three succeed.

By Tara Smith Published

By Tara Smith Published
Even our youngest students are engaged in critical thinking, making sound decisions and choices as they identify and solve authentic problems.

By Tara Smith Published
Student safety has always been a number-one priority.

By Tara Smith Published
New research-based edtech tools and sound instructional practices are helping to equip students for success in math class and for future success in solving the world’s problems.

By Tara Smith Published
As the traditional definition of literacy expands and deepens, today’s students are learning new ways to communicate and collaborate.

By Tara Smith Published
Whether virtual or physical, the safety of students is every educator’s first priority. Here’s how schools can protect them.

By Tara Smith Published
Find out how adaptive learning solutions are helping teachers target instruction and use data more effectively—and how they’re helping students learn.

By Tara Smith Published
Each of these education leaders is working in thoughtful and creative ways on the frontlines of some of today’s most pressing issues—from the way we think about learning, Artificial Intelligence, and innovation to gun control, refugees, and student privacy.

By Tara Smith Published

By Tara Smith Published
Tools and ideas to transform education. Sign up below.





