Bringing Voice to the Future of Learning
In the coming months, each fellow will produce a series of first-person essays, articles and videos. Their work will help readers understand how classrooms and school systems must adapt to our rapidly shifting digital landscape. Some of the questions fellows will explore:
- How are you and/or your school community using technology or AI tools to support educator and student well-being — and what practices ensure those tools are used responsibly and equitably?
- How do you and/or your school community leverage data, learning science, or AI-driven insights to design instructional strategies and assessments that help diverse learners succeed?
- How do you and/or your school support students and educators in developing the digital citizenship and media literacy skills needed to critically and responsibly engage with AI and emerging technologies?
Celebrating Our Legacy
As we welcome this new group, I’d like to extend a sincere thank you to our 2025-26 cohort — April Jackson, Dan Clark, Melinda Medina, Nikita Khetan, Patrice Wade and Sofia Gonzalez. Their stories on mental health, engagement and changing school dynamics underscored a core truth: teaching must evolve alongside how students learn in the age of AI.
As our team embarks on this journey with the 2026-27 fellows, I hope you enjoy their dispatches from the field. You can follow their stories across our publications, primarily on EdSurge – the digital news site of ISTE+ASCD. We invite you to join us in meeting this moment with curiosity and a commitment to building the classrooms our students and teachers deserve.
