Edthena Blog

WashU’s Institute for School Partnership named Edthena its AI coaching partner in a national RPPL-funded study on AI and teacher professional learning.

AI coaching does not replace instructional coaches. It solves a different problem: most teachers get far less coaching than they need. A direct answer for district leaders on how AI Coach augments, not replaces, human coaching.

A prioritization framework for leaders planning fall PD budgets: what the research says about professional learning that transfers to classroom practice, a fund-this-not-that decision frame, and how to extend coaching capacity without adding staff.

A direct comparison of TeachFX and Edthena’s AI Coach for K-12 districts. TeachFX analyzes audio talk-time; AI Coach turns classroom video into an ongoing coaching conversation.

The most effective PLC meetings share one quality: the team works on something specific enough to force an instructional decision. The research on effective PLCs points in a specific direction: the topics that change instruction connect collaborative analysis to individual classroom action.

AI Coach and VC3 both help teachers grow, but they fit different needs. Here is how to choose the right Edthena solution for your school, and when to use both.

New research shows US students began losing ground around 2013, years before COVID. The districts now recovering invested in what happens after the training, not just more of it.

Districts spend an average of $18,000 per teacher per year on PD, but only 3 in 10 teachers improve. The research points to one missing step: coaching during implementation.

Principals know walkthroughs improve teaching, but the feedback obligation keeps them out of classrooms. Here’s how to fix the walkthrough-to-feedback pipeline.