How to choose the right learning design. By Lois Brown Easton and Terry Morganti-Fisher The recent proliferation of online learning designs — such as edWeb, PD 360, or Teaching Channel — presents a challenge: How can professional learning leaders decide which designs will be the most effective? Choosing the right design requires understanding and balancing context needs with what a design offers and requires. The authors explore elements of a backmapping model for planning professional learning as well as a model for developing, enhancing, and evaluating professional learning designs. Finally, they offer a glimpse into a new publication filled with effective learning designs. Learning side by side: Teachers and principals work together to strengthen instruction. By Patty Maxfield and Sharon Williams The Kent School District,