District leaders often need to balance two goals: aligning instruction to district priorities while giving schools and teachers support that reflects their specific needs. M2's rubric structure …
M2 6.0: More context, clearer takeaways, and easier reflection
M2 6.0 is now available across web, mobile, and the M2 device. This release helps M2 better understand the work happening in each Group, whether it is a classroom, PLC, training, staff meeting, …
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How M2 delivers coherence and customization: Sites within a team
School and district leaders constantly balance the big picture with on the ground details. Across the organization, it's important to get everyone working towards higher quality instruction, and to …
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Bring your lesson plan into M2: More coherent support before, during, and after teaching
Every great lesson starts with intention. Teachers plan with clear goals, meaningful activities, pacing decisions, instructional strategies, and the needs of their students in mind. But once teaching …
Beyond the video submission: Why M2 is a system for National Board success
If you've been through the National Board process, or supported someone who has, you know the scope of the commitment. It’s an exhausting, rewarding marathon of recording lessons, rewatching them, and …
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#OneLittleSpark: How Bowie Elementary kept its flame aglow with M2
One new principal, four instructional coaches, and a lot of new teachers Katherine Lange had never led an elementary school before she walked through the doors of Bowie Elementary in January 2025, …
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From grant to growth: How Hawkins County brought AI innovation to every middle school classroom
I gave it a chance and I immediately found value in its feedback and instructional ideas. In fact, I look forward to bringing it to my class because I know it will give me inspiration that is actually …
Why 1-2 observations aren’t enough: The case for continuous feedback in pre-service teacher training
Picture a student teacher the morning of their first formal observation. They've prepared for days. The formal observations feels high stakes because in a sense it is: observations are rare. Not …
How M2’s AI rubric scoring aligns with expert human evaluators
For AI rubric scoring to be useful in a school or district, it has to be trustworthy. That means it needs to score the way a trained evaluator would score: consistently, accurately, and in a way that …
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Supporting multilingual learners beyond language: How M2 connects English development and academic learning
There are over 5 million English Language Learners (ELL) in U.S. public schools, and they face a challenge most of their peers don't: learning English and academic content at the same time. This …