--- title: educational-leadership-summer2021-download description: Prepare to plan your most powerful lessons ever! The online-only Summer 2021 issue of Educational Leadership explores how to plan well-designed, innovative lessons and units that boost student engagement and learning retention—whether you're teaching in the classroom or through a computer screen. image: https://information.ascd.org/hubfs/EL_Teaser_A.png --- [![ASCD_Logo_FullColor_Horiz_R-1](https://information.ascd.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ASCD_Logo_FullColor_Horiz_R-1.png?width=130&height=45&name=ASCD_Logo_FullColor_Horiz_R-1.png "ASCD_Logo_FullColor_Horiz_R-1")](http://ascd.org) # Download Your Free Issue   --- ![EL_Cover_Summer_2021](https://information.ascd.org/hs-fs/hubfs/EL/EL_Cover_Summer_2021.jpg?width=309&height=400&name=EL_Cover_Summer_2021.jpg "EL_Cover_Summer_2021") --- --- The summer issue of *Educational Leadership®* is free and open to all users. It’s ideal for collaborative planning for the new school year. Prepare to plan your most powerful lessons ever! The online-only Summer 2021 issue features strategies for addressing pandemic-related instructional gaps and honing technology skills in the transition to in-person learning. Featured authors include Monica Burns, Craig Simmons, Jay McTighe, and Lee Ann Jung.  The summer issue of *Educational Leadership* is free and open to all users. It’s ideal for collaborative planning for the new school year.   --- © 2026 ISTE+ASCD. All rights reserved.