by Team LOY | Jan 22, 2026 | Pillar 1
Before young people are heard, they are named. From “digital natives” to “the anxious generation,” from “snowflakes” to “iGen” – each label both a forecast and a verdict, imposed before they have the chance to author...
by Team LOY | Jan 22, 2026 | Pillar 2
A quarter century ago, E.D. Hirsch Jr. published a cleverly titled essay: ‘You Can Always Look It Up’…Or Can You? His concern was prescient. The internet was placing information at our fingertips, but students weren’t building enough foundational knowledge to make...
by Team LOY | Jan 22, 2026 | Pillar 1
A flourishing child isn’t merely high-performing or well-behaved. They’re curious, purposeful, connected, and resilient. They wake with a sense of meaning and purpose bigger than themselves, work toward goals that matter, and contribute to others’ good. They are...
by Team LOY | Jan 22, 2026 | Pillar 2
Democracy did not emerge as a form of organizing politics because it was efficient. It emerged because human beings, over centuries, developed the idea that every person holds an equal measure of dignity that deserves recognition and room to grow. For a long stretch...
by Team LOY | Jan 22, 2026 | Pillar 2
Generative AI has forced education to confront a question we can no longer avoid: What is school for when knowledge is everywhere and automation is cheap? When machines can generate essays and solve algebra problems, the answer is not to compete with technology....
