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The article informs about Tech & Learning's recent Northeast Regional Leadership Summit, as education leaders came together to prepare the education challenges ahead. Topics include learn about the great work going on throughout the region, including an impassioned discussion of rethinking PK-12 education; and involving hands-on experiences, and then reflect on the process, summit attendees shared the challenges of trying to provide instruction within the limits of a pandemic.

The article offers tips to educators on how to successfully implement active learning in their classrooms to bolster student engagement. Among the suggestions are prioritizing how to engage students productively towards a goal, pausing during direct teaching to allow students to think about the lesson, and integrating peer instruction into active learning. Also cited are tips from teachers like Louis Deslauriers of Harvard University.