In this ARC Talk Linda Darling-Hammond challenges current assessment practices and provides “learning ability” as an alternative strategy to measure scholar achievement. She outlines what she means by learning capability and supplies examples from international education techniques. PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday took what he referred to as “preemptive action” to keep public college students in school rooms despite rising coronavirus hospitalizations as the more contagious omicron variant spreads. Desperate to keep academics, some districts have turned to remote teaching for at some point per week — and generally more. He also urges policymakers to involve educators within the decision-making process.

When academics and leaders come together on equal footing to examine an issue from multiple views and in numerous dimensions, everyone plays a job in coming to a shared understanding of the problem and a shared commitment to fixing it. Collaboration around problem-diagnosis and problem-solving can …