A Bright Learning column · Wednesdays

The Classroom Practitioner

Field notes from the front of the room. Classroom-tested moves for teaching with AI and around it, in plain language, with zero corporate speak.

For teachers and instructional coaches, the people who run the room · Column RSS

Media Literacy Doesn't Stick as a Unit. Here's What Does.

A three-minute weekly routine that builds digital literacy through repetition, woven into content-area instruction rather than delivered as a standalone lesson.

The Bright Learning desk, edited by Sam Naji · Jul 1, 2026

The Classroom Practitioner

The screens are coming out of your classroom. Here is how to teach when they do.

A real backlash is pulling devices back: LAUSD, four statehouses, and now a major teachers union. Here is what is actually changing, and a low-screen lesson pattern you can run Monday.

The Bright Learning desk, edited by Sam Naji · Jun 17, 2026

The Classroom Practitioner

Giving students an AI tool is not the same as getting them to use it

New research documents the gap between AI tutoring access and actual student adoption. The fix is embedding the tool in a required task step, not offering it as an optional resource.

The Bright Learning desk, edited by Sam Naji · Jun 17, 2026

The Classroom Practitioner

Wednesdays are for the people actually doing this

The Classroom Practitioner’s opening note: tactics you can use Monday morning, in your actual classroom, with the prep time you actually have.

The Bright Learning desk, edited by Sam Naji · Jun 12, 2026