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The Association is a worldwide professional 501 (c)(3) non-profit association whose sole mission is improving the places where children learn.

10/01/2026

🌟 NEXGEN RISING STAR SPOTLIGHT 🌟

Meet Katelyn Bell, Licensed Interior Designer + Instructor at MA+ Architecture AND University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, Division of Interior Design and a member of the 2026 NexGen Rising Stars. NexGen recognizes emerging leaders who are helping shape what’s next for education and learning environments through their leadership, ideas, and impact.

💡 Making a Difference
Katelyn has dedicated her career to transforming educational environments, completing more than 37 K–12 projects with a focus on making high-performance design accessible to every community. She champions smart, cost-effective solutions that support students, faculty, and staff while advancing the profession through mentorship and service at the University of Oklahoma. As a WELL AP and Fitwel Ambassador, she is helping prepare the next generation of designers to create healthier, safer, and more effective learning environments.

We’re proud to recognize Katelyn as part of this year’s NexGen class and the next generation of leaders moving our industry forward.

👏 Join us in congratulating Katelyn Bell!

🔗 Meet the 2026 NexGen Rising Stars: https://www.edmarket.org/nexgen/

09/25/2026

Weekend checklist: ✅

📚 Do something that recharges you
🍂 Get outside (if only for a bit)
📅 Register for LearningSCAPES before the regular registration rate ends September 30
😌 Start picking your must-see sessions

Only 5 days left to register at the regular rate!

Join us in Seattle, November 4–7, for LearningSCAPES 2026: Learning Without Limits — four days of ideas, connections, inspiration, and conversations about what’s next for learning environments.

Register: www.learningscapes.a4le.org

09/24/2026

🌟 NEXGEN RISING STAR SPOTLIGHT 🌟

Meet Tyler Bosley, Director of Sales at Freedom Interiors and a member of the 2026 NexGen Rising Stars. NexGen recognizes emerging leaders who are helping shape what’s next for education and learning environments through their leadership, ideas, and impact.

💡 Making a Difference
Tyler is helping move education beyond traditional classroom layouts toward evidence-based, flexible learning environments that support diverse student and teaching needs. He guides school leaders through the transition to modern spaces, from quiet zones for neurodivergent students to collaborative, technology-enabled environments. His impact is reflected in stronger educator engagement and improved student experiences within the spaces he helps create.

We’re proud to recognize Tyler as part of this year’s NexGen class and the next generation of leaders moving our industry forward.

👏 Join us in congratulating Tyler Bosley!

🔗 Meet the 2026 NexGen Rising Stars: https://www.edmarket.org/nexgen/

09/23/2026

We’re spotlighting one of our valued Annual Partners: Mohawk Group!

Mohawk Group believes better learning environments start from the ground up. Guided by their Believe in Better philosophy, they combine thoughtful design, performance, innovation, and sustainability to create flooring solutions that support both human well-being and environmental responsibility.

Their approach goes beyond the surface. Through biophilic and fractal-inspired design, enhanced acoustics, and ergonomic comfort, Mohawk Group is helping create calmer, more supportive learning environments designed to reduce stress while fostering focus, confidence, and success for students and staff.

As Tracy Cook, Senior Director, Education and Government Strategy, shares, “By engaging with A4LE, we strengthen our ability to align product innovation with evidence-based design, support meaningful industry dialogue, and deliver flooring solutions that contribute to healthier, more resilient learning environments.”

That’s the kind of partner energy we love at A4LE. Thank you, Mohawk Group, for helping create healthier, more resilient places for students and educators to learn and thrive.

Learn more at mohawkgroup.com

09/22/2026

SESSION SPOTLIGHT | Teachers as Designers: Reimagining Classrooms with AI

📅 November 5 | 9:00–10:30 AM | 🎓 1.5 LU | HSW

What if teachers could show—not just tell—design teams how their classrooms need to work?

At LearningSCAPES, explore how AI-assisted visualization can help educators become active co-designers of learning environments. This interactive session will show how architects, planners, school leaders, and facilities teams can use rapid visualization to test classroom layouts, learning zones, furniture configurations, and more.

For those responsible for planning and investing in schools, it’s a practical way to bring educator insight into the process earlier—before major design decisions are made.

Speakers:

Randy Fielding, AIA, EO & Co-founder Design Emerging
Jolene Levin, Learning Design Consultant

Register for LearningSCAPES: www.learningscapes.a4le.org

09/15/2026

🌟 Meet the 2026 NexGen Rising Stars!

A4LE + EDmarket are proud to recognize 20 emerging leaders who are helping shape the future of the education industry and learning environments.
This year’s NexGen Rising Stars represent the talent, ideas, and leadership that will continue moving our field forward — and we’re excited to celebrate the impact they are already making.

As EDmarket Board Chair Dr. Deb Kerr shared:
“Our NexGen award winners are rising stars committed to this important work. We are proud of this year’s class, who have raised the bar for excellence in their work.”

The 2026 honorees will be recognized during the EDspaces Plenary Session on October 28 in Kansas City, Missouri, and featured in Essentials magazine and across A4LE + EDmarket channels.

But NexGen is about more than recognition. It is also about building a community of emerging leaders through mentorship, collaboration, professional growth, and the exchange of ideas that will help shape what comes next.

👏 Congratulations to the 2026 Class of NexGen Rising Stars!
Learn more and meet this year’s honorees:
https://www.edmarket.org/nexgen/

09/02/2026

As A4LE + EDmarket continues bringing our communities, programs, and conversations together, we're excited to welcome Bold Women Collective programming to the A4LE + EDmarket community.

Creating the future of learning environments requires more than great ideas. It requires leaders willing to challenge assumptions, navigate uncertainty, advocate for change, and move forward when the path isn't completely clear.

In this Bold Women virtual session, Crista Samaras, founder of Brave Enterprises, explores how fear can be understood not as a signal to stop, but as information leaders can learn to recognize and use.

Participants will examine how fear shows up physically, emotionally, and professionally; identify where it may be limiting their leadership; and explore how greater self-awareness can help them take meaningful risks, pursue ambitious goals, and lead change with greater confidence.

Because transforming learning environments starts with people willing to imagine something better, and brave enough to help make it happen.

Participants will explore how to:

✳️ Recognize fear and uncertainty when they arise in leadership and decision-making
✳️ Use honest self-reflection to strengthen confidence and leadership
✳️ Set ambitious goals that challenge existing assumptions
✳️ Build the courage to advocate for ideas that can improve learning and learning environments

Join this session: https://edmarket.formstack.com/forms/bwcsignup

Supported by:

Smith System®
Steelcase

09/01/2026

We're spotlighting one of our valued Annual Partners: Nook Pod USA!

Nook Pod USA transforms overlooked areas on campus into spaces where students, teachers, and staff can focus, reset, and recharge. Designed with wellness and neuro-inclusivity in mind, their modular, mobile pods give schools a flexible way to create supportive spaces within classrooms, libraries, hallways, and other shared environments.

As Stewart Brown of Nook Pod USA shares, “Our partnership with A4LE connects us with like-minded leaders who are shaping the future of learning environments. Together, we're advocating for spaces that prioritize student and faculty wellness as an essential part of school design.”

As a Certified Autism Resource, Nook is helping schools think differently about how shared environments can support the needs of every learner, without requiring renovations or permanent changes to the space

That's the kind of partner energy we love! Thank you, Nook Pod USA, for helping create learning environments where wellness, belonging, and student success have a place to thrive.

Check them out at: www.nookpodusa.com

08/26/2026

Meet Your LearningSCAPES 2026 Emcee: Kevin Stoller!

We’re excited to welcome Kevin Stoller, Founder & CEO of Kay-Twelve and host of the Better Learning Podcast, as the Emcee for LearningSCAPES 2026 in Seattle!

Kevin has spent more than 15 years working alongside educators, school districts, architects, designers, and industry leaders to rethink how learning environments can better support students and educators. And if you know Kevin, you know he brings curiosity, great conversation, and plenty of energy wherever he goes.

Throughout LearningSCAPES, Kevin will help us connect the conversations, ideas, people, and moments that make this community so special.

Get ready, Seattle — Kevin has the mic.
📍 Seattle Convention Center
📅 November 4–7, 2026

Regular registration rates end September 30!

Learn More and Register: www.learningscapes.a4le.org

08/19/2026

We're spotlighting one of our valued Annual Partners: VS America!

Thoughtfully designed spaces change how students learn, move, and thrive.
VS America designs adaptable, ergonomic, and sustainable furniture for K–12 schools, colleges, and libraries, helping schools create environments that support student well-being while giving educators the flexibility to teach in dynamic ways.

Their agile furniture solutions promote collaboration, mobility, and active learning, helping students stay focused and engaged throughout the day.
Explore VS showrooms across the country to experience firsthand how thoughtful furniture design can transform learning environments.

Learn more at vsamerica.com.

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