For the second year in a row, we’re excited to use JSD to highlight insights, thought leaders, and promising work in progress in the field that will also be featured at Learning Forward’s Annual Conference. We call this issue the Idea Lab because, like our conference, we intend for this issue to be a starting point to launch readers and learners into exploring ideas. While there is often overlap between the educators and writers we feature in JSD and the conference, this issue is a special opportunity to put session facilitators front and center in the magazine. We know that not every reader of JSD can attend our conference, yet that doesn’t mean readers need to miss out on all of the information available through