By Al Kingsley
02/18/2025 – EdTech Chronicle
For decades, America’s public schools have been rated and ranked based on tangibles like graduation rates, standardized test scores, student-teacher ratios, among other metrics. Yet today, K-12 schools see other, intangible factors as also being crucial for students’ success now and in the future, as members of the workforce and their communities.
In 2025, public schools are embracing a bigger (and earlier) emphasis on career pathways; equipping students with soft skills, self-awareness, and mental resilience; using technology to both educate and protect students; and incorporating digital citizenship and critical thinking as a core part of the curriculum. Read on for examples of new programs in schools around the country, and the research and data driving this new way of thinking about education….Read Al Kingsley’s article in EdTech Chronicle here.