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Continuing this forum on the purpose of public education:

Kim Smith, CEO of LearnerStudio, writes about choice, agency, and balancing justice with freedom.

"A new social contract is not only a set of promises from the system to families. It is also a set of obligations that flow the other way."
May 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Education in the #AI age needs more than a faster engine in a horse-drawn carriage.

We’re honored to have Erin Mote join the @learnerstudio.bsky.social anthology where she dives into why interoperability is the bedrock of future learning.

Read Erin’s essay: bit.ly/42B6O6X
March 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
We’re excited to celebrate our collaboration with LearnerStudio on The Future Tech Stack, a blueprint for a human-centered, AI-ready education ecosystem. Bryan Setser was one of the project’s technical advisors. Setser Group is shaping the next era of learning.
The Future Tech Stack: Building Systems That Serve Learners
How an open, interoperable, and human-centered vision is redefining learning for the Age of AI.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Big ideas don’t build systems — people do.

Day 4 of our edufoundry × Learner Studio series shows how educators, technologists, and funders can turn the AI-native tech-stack vision into action.

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From Vision to Reality: Building the AI-Native Tech Stack Together
Over the past three days, we’ve explored why today’s education technology stack falls short, what a learner-centered replacement could look like, and why human connection must remain its heartbeat. Bu...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“AI can’t feel the room. It can’t sense when a student needs encouragement, or when a joke will break the tension.”

Students won’t remember which AI model they used… they’ll remember who taught them to think without one.

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What does it mean to be a "facilitator of learning"? How is an educator's role shifting in the Age of AI? - LearnerStudio
Arc of the Teaching Role In Plato’s Phaedrus, when the god Theuth brought the gift of writing to King Thamus, Thamus balked. Writing, he warned, would “produce forgetfulness in the soul”. Writing woul...
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February 26, 2026 at 6:56 PM
“The most effective future schools will embrace a simple truth: everyone is both learner and educator.”

When adults and young people learn alongside each other, both grow stronger.

From the Learner Studio anthology: https://bit.ly/47igsE8
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? - LearnerStudio
Today, schools are being asked to do more than ever at a time when educators are stretched thin. Students’ needs have become more complex, and the expectations placed on schools – from addressing ment...
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March 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM