Wayfinder K-12 Blog

MTSS vs. RTI: The Essential Components, Overlaps, and Differences

What is RTI? RTI, or Response to Intervention, is a data-driven framework used in schools to identify students who are struggling academically, ...

What is MTSS? Everything Educators Should Know

What is MTSS? Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) is a framework that ensures all students receive the support they need to thrive in school. It ...

FAQs: Digital Discernment + AI in Education

What is Digital Literacy? Digital literacy is the ability to navigate, evaluate, and create within the digital world using a combination of technical ...

How to Avoid 4 Common Strategic Plan Mistakes

A strategic plan begins with a powerful vision: engaged learners, empowered educators, and equitable systems. When one falters, it’s rarely because ...

How Wayfinder Helps Districts Achieve Strategic Plan Goals

Every district has a strategic plan: a blueprint designed to guide learning, equity, and growth across classrooms and communities. Yet for many, the ...

Digital Discernment vs Digital Literacy: Everything Educators Need to Know

What is Digital Literacy? Digital literacy is the ability to navigate, evaluate, and create within the digital world using a combination of technical ...

How to Measure Future-Ready Skills in K-12 with Waypoints

In classrooms today, educators face a challenge that extends beyond academic content: preparing students with the future-ready skills they need to ...

“They’re Going to be Wayfinders”: Helping Students Navigate Life with AI

As generative AI creates new complications, questions, and opportunities across society, education practices will also have to evolve. In a recent ...

States Are Linking Durable Skills with Career Readiness

In many cases, the process of creating a Portrait of a Graduate implicitly ties in discussions of career readiness. However, some frameworks are ...