In this episode, Dyane Smokorowski shares how Wichita Public Schools is using AI to transform professional learning and instructional design. She offers practical ways to support educators while keeping pedagogy, equity, and curiosity at the center.

In this episode of The Best of Us, we talk with education researcher and author Dr. Peter DeWitt about research-backed concepts and strategies to make professional learning smarter, stickier, and more valuable.

Internationally renowed education consultant Katie Novak works across the world to help education systems incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) so that students are better supported and teachers have more balance. In this episode of ⁠The Best of Us⁠, Katie shares ways in which educators can apply UDL to professional learning, and how instructional coaches can look for UDL in classrooms. We also talked about the inspiration for her recent article “It’s OK to be Uncomfortable When Talking About Race” and how barriers such as racism and ableism are preventing many students from accessing rigorous instruction.