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Part 1: When Good Design Meets Real Life It was lunchtime in a rural elementary school in Sierra Leone. The girls sat together and ate—rice, vegetables, and sauce provided through a well-designed program intended to remove barriers to education. Around them, other children watched, hovered, and taunted the girls. They didn’t have their own food. In these communities, eating is not just functional. It is social. It signals belonging—who is included, who is part of the group. B

“We prepare all students with the digital literacy and 21st century skills needed to succeed in a global society.” At one point, a school mission statement like this felt like progress. It signaled a shift away from narrow academic outcomes toward something broader, more future-facing. It acknowledged that the world was changing and that schools needed to change with it. But read it now, in this moment, and a different question emerges: Is digital literacy really the bar? In

As AI accelerates into schools, we need less fear and more guidance. Clear norms, real instruction, and student-centered frameworks can turn chaos into opportunity. Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the education landscape—whether schools are ready for it or not. On one side, ed-tech companies are racing ahead, bringing sophisticated AI tools into classrooms with promises of improved efficiency, streamlined administrative work, and more personalized learning for st

Education is full of good ideas. Evidence-based curricula. Well-designed professional learning. Promising tools grounded in cognitive science. Strategic plans built on thoughtful research. And yet, many of these ideas fail—not because they are wrong, but because they never truly take hold in practice. When implementation struggles, we often reach for familiar explanations: lack of buy-in, insufficient training, weak accountability. But these explanations flatten a much more c

In the nonprofit education sector, effective leadership is crucial for achieving mission-driven goals. Leadership coaching can be a transformative tool that empowers leaders to navigate challenges, inspire teams, and drive impactful change. This blog post explores the significance of leadership coaching in nonprofit education, offering practical insights and strategies for success. Understanding Leadership Coaching Leadership coaching is a personalized development process tha