The Educational Media Innovation Studio at MLFTC creates innovative multimedia learning experiences that support interdisciplinary, collaborative teaching and deeper, personalized learning in a variety of educational settings. There is a need to increase access to these resources and to better understand learner outcomes.
Schools and districts nationwide are adopting strategic school staffing models, and there is a need for further study and research into the effectiveness of such models.
Schools and districts are seeking information on how to implement strategic staffing models. MLFTC's Next Education Workforce™ initiative provides site visits for visiting school staff to observe such models in practice in schools in the Phoenix area. However, demand exceeds space for these visits, and the site visits may not be logistically possible for many other schools and districts.
K-12 schools and school systems are interested in developing strategic staffing models that benefit both educators and the students they serve, however they seek logistical and systemic support in advancing such models.
The fast-emerging field of generative AI has already disrupted K-12 education and will continue to do so. The field urgently needs rapid response research to help district leaders and others manage the risks of AI, including those around bias, equitable access, and academic integrity, while also delivering on the promise for how AI might transform the job of teaching and improve student outcomes.
An increased demand for STEM-related skills in the workforce has created a need to better prepare K-12 students in areas such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Reaching students at the K-8 level is critical so that students can develop strong foundational mathematical skills and familiarity with STEM concepts early on in their education. However, traditional methods often fail to engage students or demonstrate the relevance of mathematics to real-world problems, leading to gaps in knowledge and decreased interest in STEM careers.
Online resource seeks to bring PK–12 professional learning out of bureaucratic doldrums.
Arizona State University is launching a new professional development resource, the ASU Professional Educator Learning Hub, to support educators in PK–12 schools and other learning environments.
The unprecedented speed of advancements in machine learning (ML), generative artificial intelligence (AI), and large language models (LLM) is rapidly transforming formal and informal educational settings and systems. Educators and learners are grappling with unanticipated and rapidly changing AI that impacts both day-to-day K-12 classroom practices and the use of AI in informal (out of school) settings.
A group of Arizona State University students journeyed to the Amazon basin and the Galapagos Islands to gain a better understanding of the delicate ecosystems unique to this part of the world. They visited the jungle to witness the dynamic interplay between plants and animals, went on a canoe trip with members of Indigenous communities and met the region’s famous giant tortoises.
Evidence is essential to innovation and we are committed to promoting smart, evidence-led investing.
Research plays a central role: as a source of innovative ideas, and as a tool for assessing their impact, cost-effectiveness and scalability. We are very interested in supporting policy reforms that could improve the equity or efficiency of public sector performance. We support investments in public, private and non-profit activities, using all available financial instruments.