As the country begins to re-emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, how should schools prepare to re-engage students and staff, some of whom may be hesitant about coming back to school? How should they approach testing and learning loss? As students return to campus and the unprecedented opportunity to re-think our priorities arrives, this seminar discusses whether practicality should be a guide, or innovation–investing in new, more effective, engaging and equitable ways of teaching and learning. Hosted by Tony Thurmond, state superintendent of public instruction in California, and Pedro A. Noguera, dean of the USC Rossier School of Education. Guests include Howard Adelman, professor of psychology and co-director of the School Mental Health Project at UCLA; Darin Brawley, superintendent of Compton Unified School District; Roxane Fuentes, superintendent of Berryessa Union School District; Sandra Lyon, superintendent of Palm Springs Unified School District; Julie A. Marsh, professor of education policy and faculty director of policy analysis for California Education at USC Rossier; and Morgan Polikoff, associate professor of education at USC Rossier.