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Continue reading →: Using Generative AI for Creative Realisations
By Dr Nick Jackson, a member of the Courageous Minority group. I have invited members of the Courageous Minority group to write about their experiences. Here is another one. A discussion I had yesterday with the Head of Faculty in English about poetry, AI, and younger learners. We were talking particularly about Year 7…
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Continue reading →: Built to Fall: Coaching Students Through Real Autonomy
By Shenel Lambiro, a member of the Courageous Minority group. I have invited members of the Courageous Minority group to write about their experiences. Here is another one. At a conference in October 2025, I saw a talk by architect Takaharu Tezuka, who designed a Tokyo kindergarten around one idea: kids need…
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Continue reading →: When AI Can Do So Much, What Should Schools Teach?
Reflections from the 2nd sub-group of Courageous Minority in August. At a recent meeting of the 2nd sub-group of the Courageous Minority, I began with a question that has been troubling me more each day: If artificial intelligence can already do much of what schools teach students to do, what…
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Continue reading →: What Is Worth Teaching When AI Can Already Do It?
Reflections from the Courageous Minority At the first sub-group meeting of our third Courageous Minority meeting, I began with a question that has become increasingly difficult to avoid: What is worth teaching when artificial intelligence can already do much of what schools teach students to do? For a long time,…
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Continue reading →: What Can Conversation Reveal About What Children Know?
By Patrick McDowall, a member of the Courageous Group I have invited members of the Courageous Minority group to write about their experiences. Here is the first one. This September I will be teaching Grade 3, and my possible entry point into the Courageous Minority project comes from something that…
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Continue reading →: The Courageous Minority Report 2: A Few Courageous Conversations in July
In July, the Courageous Minority group had our second synchronous meeting. Over the past month, the members shared their initial ideas in our community and provided feedback to each other. Due to the size and different time zones, the meetings occured on three days: July 1st, 2nd, and the 4th.…
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Continue reading →: Learning in the School of Tomorrow(3): The School Where Everyone Felt Appropriate
At 8:12 each morning, District 14 held Feelings. The bell rang once for attendance and twice for emotional compliance. “Good morning, learners,” said the classroom wall. “Before we begin mathematics, please select your current inner weather.” A menu appeared: No one selected “fine.” The word had been banned under the…
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Continue reading →: Learning in the School of Tomorrow(2): The National Creativity Drill
At 10:17 on Tuesday morning, the creativity alarm sounded at District 14. It was not the fire alarm. The fire alarm used a traditional bell, which had been retained for historical reasons and would be removed once the district found a more innovative way to warn children about fire. The…
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Continue reading →: Learning in the School of Tomorrow (1): The Personal Learning Plan
At District 14, no two children learned in the same way. This was the district’s proudest achievement. At 8:00 each morning, every student opened the Personal Learning Plan, a small silver screen that had been designed to know them better than they knew themselves. It knew which colors improved their…
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Continue reading →: Welcome to the AI School of Tomorrow
I am trying to imagine what could happen in schools in the age of AI so I began to work with ChatGPT to produce a series of blog posts. Please don’t take them too seriously. The future school has finally arrived. It knows every child before the child has had…
More about Yong Zhao
Dr. Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas. He previously served as the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he was also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. Prior to Oregon, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University, where he also served as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, executive director of the Confucius Institute, as well as the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence. Additionally, he worked as a professor of educational leadership in the Faculty of Education at University of Melbourne and senior researcher at the Mitchell Institute of Victoria University in Australia. He was a visiting Global Professor at University of Bath and a visiting scholar at Warwick University in the UK.
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