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A Window for Re-Architecture

The Destination: A Future-Ready Learning Ecosystem

The Vision in Practice

What do young people say they need?

What do parents say they need?

What makes a flourishing child?

What does it mean to shift our focus from “education” to “development” to “thriving”?

Modernize the “what”: Create a new K12 “Humanics” curriculum

What shape does numeracy take in the Age of AI?

What are the uniquely human skills learners will need?

What are future workforce demands, and what do they mean for the most important skills to center in learning systems?

For what competencies must our new learning systems be designed?

Reframe the “how,” “when,” and “where” of learning

What do we know about what activates deep learning, as we think about what learners need in the Age of AI?

How might we redesign learning experiences to center the future-ready competencies young people need?

What do we mean by learner-centered?

Why is it important that learners progress based on mastery? What does that make possible?

How does greater agency drive deeper engagement and learning?

How might learning experiences be designed to cultivate the next generation of change makers?

How can AI be used as a tool for learning, beyond more efficiency toward current outcomes?

Rearchitect the “who” of learning and human development

What does it mean to be a “facilitator of learning”? How is an educator’s role shifting in the Age of AI?

Who is an educator in the Age of AI? Who facilitates learning, and how might we recognize that larger community of educators?

How do we need to reimagine the role of educators and leaders? What does a healthy talent pipeline for the future of learning look like?

What might it mean to shift to a skills-first standards?

What digital infrastructure will be needed to enable learners to own their learning?

How do we need to shift program design and development for discoverability and crediting of learning?

How does transparency in AI infrastructure build trust and enable true personalization and agency?

How is interoperability the essential infrastructure for human-centered, future-ready learning?

How can we think about the role and voice of youth in designing solutions for the future of learning?

How might we envision a process for community-engaged design and transformation toward future-ready learning?

What has it taken at the school level, and then at the state level, to drive toward the future of learning?

How can organizational leaders begin to take a “split-screen” strategy, investing in new approaches alongside their existing work?

What are some of the capacities that need to be built for schools and the people who are part of them to begin to move toward future-ready learning?