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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?TML=5FFONT=5FINVALID_Test_for_Invalidly_Named_or_Form?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?atted_Colors=0A_____________________________in_HTML=0A_?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?-1=2E0_MAILING=5FLIST=5FMULTI_____Multiple_indicators?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_imply_a_widely-seen_list=0A_________________________?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?____manager=0A__0=2E0_LOTS=5FOF=5FMONEY__________Huge?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=2E=2E=2E_sums_of_money?= X-Spam-Flag: NO --c2d589923d6218c9d4bd82f472de8ba73da792be50f3995c7940cf15514f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable View this post on the web at https://forza.edreform.com/p/on-human-flourish= ing Every day, educators, school leaders, and brave policymakers are trying to = keep the lights on =E2=80=94 figuratively and sometimes literally =E2=80=94= in a time of unrest, political stalemate, and government shutdowns. They d= o so because they believe that amid chaos, education can still create order= , meaning, and hope. As author Andy Crouch reminded a new cohort of Yass Prize contenders this w= eek, now is the time for more connection than ever before. Flourishing, he = says, doesn=E2=80=99t come from efficiency or technology, but from relation= ship =E2=80=94 from =E2=80=9Chouseholds=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Ccanopies of t= rust=E2=80=9D where no one can be missing without everyone noticing. It made me think: is this what our founders envisioned as we head toward Am= erica=E2=80=99s 250th? How do we, as citizens and teachers and parents, com= municate about our differences in a world that=E2=80=99s forgotten how to l= isten? When Marches Had Meaning Just days ago, I walked right into a =E2=80=9CNo Kings=E2=80=9D protest in = New York City. I stopped and watched, trying to make sense of it. If I were= from another planet =E2=80=94 or hadn=E2=80=99t watched the news =E2=80=94= I wouldn=E2=80=99t have known what they were marching for. When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and thousands of Americans marched from Sel= ma to Montgomery in 1965, it wasn=E2=80=99t chaos or catharsis =E2=80=94 it= was conviction. Peaceful, purposeful, and anchored in a moral vision large= r than any one person, the Selma march embodied the very essence of human f= lourishing: meaning and purpose, character and virtue. It was about issues,= not individuals; about the right to participate in democracy itself. That same spirit surfaced decades later in another, very different march = =E2=80=94 when students, parents, and educators crossed the Brooklyn Bridge= to demand the right to attend schools that served them. Twice in the past = decade, tens of thousands of families from New York City=E2=80=99s public c= harter schools have filled the streets wearing bright yellow shirts and car= rying banners that read =E2=80=9CDon=E2=80=99t Steal Possible.=E2=80=9D The= y weren=E2=80=99t attacking anyone =E2=80=94 they were defending opportunit= y. It was a march for something, not against someone. Both movements =E2=80=94 one for civil rights, the other for educational ri= ghts =E2=80=94 were grounded in what the Harvard Human Flourishing Program = defines as the pillars of a good life: meaning and purpose, happiness, char= acter, and virtue. When those elements are missing from public protest or c= ivic engagement, we risk losing the very thing that propels human progress. Flourishing requires direction. It=E2=80=99s not the noise of a crowd that = moves history, but the purpose of its steps. The Science of Flourishing The much-cited insights about the primacy of connection in human flourishin= g aren=E2=80=99t just philosophical =E2=80=94 they=E2=80=99re backed by rob= ust, global research. The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University [= https://substack.com/redirect/8aedbede-cb23-404d-b018-b73e7f0f0cb3?j=3DeyJ= 1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ], founded in = 2016, unites scholars across disciplines to answer one question: What makes= life go well? Their flagship Global Flourishing Study [ https://substack.com/redirect/639= 5610f-2ce3-49ab-bc51-185dc26b537d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQ= zbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ], launched with Baylor University and the Insti= tute for the Studies of Religion, includes over 200,000 participants in 22 = countries =E2=80=94 the largest longitudinal study of its kind. It measures= six domains of well-being: Happiness and life satisfaction Physical and mental health Meaning and purpose Character and virtue Close social relationships Financial and material stability The results are striking: connection =E2=80=94 to family, faith, community,= and purpose =E2=80=94 consistently predicts flourishing more strongly than= income, wealth, or academic achievement. As researcher Tyler J. VanderWeele put it, =E2=80=9CFlourishing is a state in which all aspects of a person=E2=80=99s = life are good.=E2=80=9D And as The New York Times summarized Harvard=E2=80=99s research, =E2=80=9CGood relationships keep us happier and healthier. Period.=E2=80=9D Education, the Harvard team notes, is one of the key pathways to flourishin= g, alongside family, work, and faith. Schools that foster belonging, meanin= g, and joy may contribute more to lifelong well-being than those focused so= lely on performance metrics. Flourishing, then, is not an abstraction. It=E2=80=99s measurable, observab= le, and deeply human. The Canopy of Trust That truth came to life in our recent conversation with Andy Crouch, author= of The Life We=E2=80=99re Looking For. Crouch argues that flourishing depe= nds on communities where people are truly known =E2=80=94 what he calls =E2= =80=9Ccanopies of trust.=E2=80=9D In education, that looks like schools as = households: places =E2=80=9Cwhere no one can be missing without everyone no= ticing.=E2=80=9D He also reminded us that flourishing isn=E2=80=99t just about happiness; it= =E2=80=99s about formation. =E2=80=9CDevices get things done without forming us. Tools form us as we us= e them.=E2=80=9D His now-famous metaphor captured it perfectly: =E2=80=9CUsing AI to do your work is like bringing a forklift to the gym. I= t lifts the weight for you, but it doesn=E2=80=99t make you strong.=E2=80= =9D And perhaps his most powerful reminder: =E2=80=9CIf every additional year of schooling reflects less joy, something= =E2=80=99s wrong. We should be assessing joy.=E2=80=9D That=E2=80=99s the challenge =E2=80=94 and the invitation =E2=80=94 for eve= ryone working to transform education today: to restore joy, purpose, and fo= rmation to the center of learning. Technology, Tools, and the Human Touch This theme runs through the work of the 2025 Yass Prize Contenders [ https:= //substack.com/redirect/6e6ec64a-77fb-4b28-b45b-aeb080c7156c?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW= 1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ] =E2=80=94 23 remark= able innovators who will vie for the $1 million prize through an intensive = accelerator and final pitch in Miami in November. Each is advancing Sustain= able, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless education. I am hoping they will also help us explore how to strike a balance between = what I call Luddite learning and AI-empowered delivery. To me, the value of AI is in expanding the reach of great content =E2=80=94= not replacing it. As several members of our Yass Prize community have writ= ten in their recent Forbes [ https://substack.com/redirect/5e68fc2e-f73e-4c= d7-a9be-57be21e3a68b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0J= cQPFKD4xxFx0w ] essays, AI should enhance the reach of great teachers =E2= =80=94 supplement, supplant inane tasks, help redefine their role. Used wisely, AI helps educators meet students where they are, making instru= ction truly competency-based, something our friends at Axio.ai [ https://su= bstack.com/redirect/cfbf36f0-028b-4536-9466-e83d54c565d9?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zcz= B2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ] work hard to make possi= ble. It provides powerful analytics that highlight strengths and learning g= aps, customizing instruction more efficiently than traditional models. But = it must be built on a foundation of great human teaching, purposeful conten= t, and relationships that make learning stick. As Crouch argues, like the hammer or the pencil, what we do manually =E2=80= =94 reading, writing, thinking slowly =E2=80=94 builds not just skill but c= haracter. If we can find that balance between human formation and AI-fueled= delivery, we=E2=80=99ll have the best of both worlds. These are the challenges we face =E2=80=94 and the ones I=E2=80=99m hopeful= we can solve as we deploy this year=E2=80=99s Yass Prize Contenders to lig= ht up the education world with their incredible diversity of passions, appr= oaches, and ideas. In the News We Can=E2=80=99t Afford to Wait to Teach Our Children How to Think [ https:= //substack.com/redirect/afb2be47-4987-44bd-a1f6-a3397575eb4d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW= 1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ] =E2=80=94 Mike Pisc= al, College Achieve Public Charter Schools, 2023 Yass Prize Semifinalist A powerful reminder that teaching thinking =E2=80=94 not compliance =E2=80= =94 is the core of American education. Use AI to Keep Great Teachers in the Classroom [ https://substack.com/redir= ect/81c95e59-ec6a-41d9-b759-c3808ff29008?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0= rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ] - Keeanna Warren, Purdue Polytechnic Hi= gh Schools, 2022 Yass Prize Semifinalist How AI can become an ally to teachers, not a replacement. The Economic Power of Teachers [ https://substack.com/redirect/f9817d3b-79c= 3-457b-8750-f5e44b9054af?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3Wh= VG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ] =E2=80=94 Cornell Ellis, Brothers Liberating Our Commun= ities, 2023 Yass Prize Semifinalist On the deep connection between identity, representation, and student succes= s. Education=E2=80=99s Special Problem: How Standardized Tests Fail Students W= ho Learn Differently [ https://substack.com/redirect/7430d33c-6789-4054-af1= f-98f87f74ed8a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD= 4xxFx0w ] =E2=80=94 By Yours Truly and Team Why normalizing assessment for students with special needs misses the point= =E2=80=94 and how connection, not conformity, drives growth. To Action =E2=80=94 and To Flourishing If we=E2=80=99re to answer the question =E2=80=94 What is human flourishing= , how do we get it, and what must we give up to reach it? =E2=80=94 the ans= wer is as much moral as it is practical. We must give up our fixation on systems for systems=E2=80=99 sake. Our dependence on technology for technology=E2=80=99s sake. Our impulse to say yes to our kids just because everyone else does. And our habit of letting others do the hard work of thinking through these = big questions daily. We can do better =E2=80=94 together. We=E2=80=99ll be delving into all of this and more at the 2025 Power of Inn= ovation Summit, December 4th in Washington, DC. Look for your private invitation soon, or drop me a line to get on the list= =2E=20 And please send along any thoughts or ideas about how to work across these = issues I=E2=80=99ve outlined here today. 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How do we, as citizens and teac= hers and parents, communicate about our differences in a world that’s= forgotten how to listen?</span></p><div style=3D"font-size: 16px;line-heig= ht: 26px;"><hr style=3D"margin: 32px 0;padding: 0;height: 1px;background: #= e6e6e6;border: none;"></div><h2 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=3D"posit= ion: relative;font-family: 'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-u= i,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-s= erif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight: bo= ld;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased= ;-webkit-appearance: optimizelegibility;-moz-appearance: optimizelegibility= ;appearance: optimizelegibility;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb(54,55,55= );line-height: 1.16em;font-size: 1.625em;">When Marches Had Meaning</h2><p = style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-siz= e: 16px;"><span>Just days ago, I walked right into a “</span><strong>= No Kings</strong><span>” protest in New York City. I stopped and watc= hed, trying to make sense of it. If I were from another planet — or h= adn’t watched the news — I wouldn’t have known what they = were marching </span><em>for.</em></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color:= rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>When </span><stron= g>Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.</strong><span> and thousands of Americans marc= hed from </span><strong>Selma to Montgomery</strong><span> in 1965, it wasn= ’t chaos or catharsis — it was conviction. Peaceful, purposeful= , and anchored in a moral vision larger than any one person, the Selma marc= h embodied the very essence of human flourishing: </span><em>meaning and pu= rpose, character and virtue.</em><span> It was about issues, not individual= s; about the right to participate in democracy itself.</span></p><div class= =3D"captioned-image-container-static" style=3D"font-size: 16px;line-height:= 26px;margin: 32px auto;"><figure style=3D"width: 100%;margin: 0 auto;"><ta= ble class=3D"image-wrapper" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" c= ellpadding=3D"0" data-component-name=3D"Image2ToDOMStatic" style=3D"mso-pad= ding-alt: 1em 0 1.6em;"><tbody><tr><td style=3D"text-align: center;"></td><= td class=3D"content" align=3D"left" width=3D"1456" style=3D"text-align: cen= ter;"><a class=3D"image-link" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://substack.co= m/redirect/016b3104-e240-4d72-8bd6-ea3f7f373341?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPO= BgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"position: relat= ive;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;padding: 0;width: auto;heigh= t: auto;border: none;text-decoration: none;display: block;margin: 0;"><img = class=3D"wide-image" data-attrs=3D"{"src":"https://substack-= post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/52584d47-0e63-4e8f-81ba-8182aa1c6= 912_1490x1066.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen&qu= ot;:null,"imageSize":null,"height":1042,"width&quo= t;:1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":3367468,"alt&qu= ot;:null,"title":null,"type":"image/png",&quo= t;href":"https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/09/18/charter-adv= ocates-march-for-school-choicefunding-mamdani/","belowTheFold&quo= t;:true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https= ://forza.edreform.com/i/176794356?img=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s= 3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52584d47-0e63-4e8f-81ba-8182aa1c6912_14= 90x1066.png","isProcessing":false,"align":null,&qu= ot;offset":false}" alt=3D"" width=3D"550" height=3D"393.6126373626374"= src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GkwC!,w_1100,c_limit,f_auto= ,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amaz= onaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52584d47-0e63-4e8f-81ba-8182aa1c6912_1490x106= 6.png" style=3D"border: none !important;vertical-align: middle;display: blo= ck;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;height: auto;margin-bottom: 0;width: aut= o !important;max-width: 100% !important;margin: 0 auto;"></a></td><td style= =3D"text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div><p style= =3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16= px;"><span>That same spirit surfaced decades later in another, very differe= nt march — when </span><strong>students, parents, and educators cross= ed the Brooklyn Bridge</strong><span> to demand the right to attend schools= that served them. Twice in the past decade, tens of thousands of families = from New York City’s public charter schools have filled the streets w= earing bright yellow shirts and carrying banners that read </span><em>̶= 0;Don’t Steal Possible.”</em><span> They weren’t attackin= g anyone — they were defending opportunity. It was a march </span><em= >for</em><span> something, not </span><em>against</em><span> someone.</span= ></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;= font-size: 16px;"><span>Both movements — one for civil rights, the ot= her for educational rights — were grounded in what the </span><strong= >Harvard Human Flourishing Program</strong><span> defines as the pillars of= a good life: </span><em>meaning and purpose, happiness, character, and vir= tue.</em><span> When those elements are missing from public protest or civi= c engagement, we risk losing the very thing that propels human progress.</s= pan></p><div class=3D"pullquote" style=3D"font-size: 16px;line-height: 26px= ;border-top: 1px solid #e6e6e6;border-bottom: 1px solid #e6e6e6;margin: 32p= x auto;text-align: center;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 2= 6px;font-size: 16px;margin: 32px 0;text-align: center;font-weight: 500;font= -style: italic;"><em><strong>Flourishing requires direction. It’s not= the noise of a crowd that moves history, but the purpose of its steps.</st= rong></em></p></div><h2 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=3D"position: rel= ative;font-family: 'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple= -system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Ap= ple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight: bold;-webk= it-font-smoothing: antialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased;-webkit= -appearance: optimizelegibility;-moz-appearance: optimizelegibility;appeara= nce: optimizelegibility;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-h= eight: 1.16em;font-size: 1.625em;">The Science of Flourishing</h2><p style= =3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16= px;"><span>The much-cited insights about the primacy of </span><em>connecti= on</em><span> in human flourishing aren’t just philosophical — = they’re backed by robust, global research. The </span><strong><a href= =3D"https://substack.com/redirect/8aedbede-cb23-404d-b018-b73e7f0f0cb3?j=3D= eyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" s= tyle=3D"color: #5abb71;text-decoration: none;">Human Flourishing Program at= Harvard University</a></strong><span>, founded in 2016, unites scholars ac= ross disciplines to answer one question: </span><em>What makes life go well= ?</em></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: = 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>Their flagship </span><strong><a href=3D"https= ://substack.com/redirect/6395610f-2ce3-49ab-bc51-185dc26b537d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiM= W1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"c= olor: #5abb71;text-decoration: none;">Global Flourishing Study</a></strong>= <span>, launched with Baylor University and the Institute for the Studies o= f Religion, includes over </span><strong>200,000 participants in 22 countri= es</strong><span> — the largest longitudinal study of its kind. It me= asures six domains of well-being:</span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top: 0;padd= ing: 0;"><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-special-format: bullet;"><p = style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing= : border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">Happiness and li= fe satisfaction</p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-special-forma= t: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-botto= m: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">P= hysical and mental health</p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-spe= cial-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;ma= rgin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;mar= gin: 0;">Meaning and purpose</p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-= special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px= ;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;= margin: 0;">Character and virtue</p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;= mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: = 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 1= 6px;margin: 0;">Close social relationships</p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px= 0 0 32px;mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);lin= e-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;fo= nt-size: 16px;margin: 0;">Financial and material stability</p></li></ul><p = style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-siz= e: 16px;"><span>The results are striking: </span><em>connection</em><span> = — to family, faith, community, and purpose — consistently predi= cts flourishing more strongly than income, wealth, or academic achievement.= </span></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height:= 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>As researcher </span><strong>Tyler J. VanderW= eele</strong><span> put it,</span></p><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 4px= solid #5abb71;margin: 20px 0;padding: 0;"><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;c= olor: rgb(54,55,55);margin-left: 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><= em>“Flourishing is a state in which all aspects of a person’s l= ife are good.”</em></p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;co= lor: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>And as </span>= <em>The New York Times</em><span> summarized Harvard’s research,</spa= n></p><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 4px solid #5abb71;margin: 20px 0;pa= dding: 0;"><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);margin-left:= 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>“</span><em>Good rela= tionships keep us happier and healthier. Period.”</em></p></blockquot= e><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;fon= t-size: 16px;"><span>Education, the Harvard team notes, is one of the key <= /span><em>pathways</em><span> to flourishing, alongside family, work, and f= aith. Schools that foster belonging, meaning, and joy may contribute more t= o lifelong well-being than those focused solely on performance metrics.</sp= an></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26p= x;font-size: 16px;">Flourishing, then, is not an abstraction. It’s me= asurable, observable, and deeply human.</p><div style=3D"font-size: 16px;li= ne-height: 26px;"><hr style=3D"margin: 32px 0;padding: 0;height: 1px;backgr= ound: #e6e6e6;border: none;"></div><h2 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style= =3D"position: relative;font-family: 'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline= ,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Ari= al,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-w= eight: bold;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: an= tialiased;-webkit-appearance: optimizelegibility;-moz-appearance: optimizel= egibility;appearance: optimizelegibility;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb= (54,55,55);line-height: 1.16em;font-size: 1.625em;">The Canopy of Trust</h2= ><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font= -size: 16px;"><span>That truth came to life in our recent conversation with= </span><strong>Andy Crouch</strong><span>, author of </span><em>The Life W= e’re Looking For</em><span>. Crouch argues that flourishing depends o= n communities where people are truly known — what he calls </span><em= >“canopies of trust.”</em><span> In education, that looks like = schools as </span><em>households</em><span>: places “where no one can= be missing without everyone noticing.”</span></p><p style=3D"margin:= 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">He als= o reminded us that flourishing isn’t just about happiness; it’s= about formation.</p><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 4px solid #5abb71;ma= rgin: 20px 0;padding: 0;"><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,5= 5);margin-left: 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>“</spa= n><em>Devices get things done without forming us. Tools form us as we use t= hem.”</em></p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(= 54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">His now-famous metaphor captu= red it perfectly:</p><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 4px solid #5abb71;ma= rgin: 20px 0;padding: 0;"><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,5= 5);margin-left: 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>“</spa= n><em>Using AI to do your work is like bringing a forklift to the gym. It l= ifts the weight for you, but it doesn’t make you strong.”</em><= /p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-he= ight: 26px;font-size: 16px;">And perhaps his most powerful reminder:</p><bl= ockquote style=3D"border-left: 4px solid #5abb71;margin: 20px 0;padding: 0;= "><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);margin-left: 20px;lin= e-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>“</span><em>If every additiona= l year of schooling reflects less joy, something’s wrong. We should b= e assessing joy.”</em></p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0= ;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>That’= s the challenge — and the invitation — for everyone working to = transform education today: to restore </span><em>joy, purpose, and formatio= n</em><span> to the center of learning.</span></p><div style=3D"font-size: = 16px;line-height: 26px;"><hr style=3D"margin: 32px 0;padding: 0;height: 1px= ;background: #e6e6e6;border: none;"></div><h2 class=3D"header-anchor-post" = style=3D"position: relative;font-family: 'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-hea= dline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetic= a,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';f= ont-weight: bold;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothin= g: antialiased;-webkit-appearance: optimizelegibility;-moz-appearance: opti= mizelegibility;appearance: optimizelegibility;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color= : rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 1.16em;font-size: 1.625em;">Technology, Tools,= and the Human Touch</h2><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55= );line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>This theme runs through the wor= k of the </span><strong><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/6e6ec64a-7= 7fb-4b28-b45b-aeb080c7156c?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3= WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"color: #5abb71;text-decoration: none= ;">2025 Yass Prize Contenders</a></strong><span> — 23 remarkable inno= vators who will vie for the $1 million prize through an intensive accelerat= or and final pitch in Miami in November. Each is advancing </span><em>Susta= inable, Transformational, Outstanding,</em><span> and </span><em>Permission= less</em><span> education.</span></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: = rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>I am hoping they wi= ll also help us explore how to strike a balance between what I call </span>= <em>Luddite learning</em><span> and </span><em>AI-empowered delivery.</em><= /p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;fo= nt-size: 16px;"><span>To me, </span><strong>the value of AI is in expanding= the reach of great content — not replacing it. </strong><span>As sev= eral members of our Yass Prize community have written in their recent </spa= n><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/5e68fc2e-f73e-4cd7-a9be-57be21e3= a68b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" r= el=3D"" style=3D"color: #5abb71;text-decoration: none;">Forbes</a><span> es= says, AI should enhance the reach of great teachers — supplement, sup= plant inane tasks, help redefine their role.</span></p><p style=3D"margin: = 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>U= sed wisely, AI helps educators meet students where they are, making instruc= tion truly competency-based, something our friends at </span><a href=3D"htt= ps://substack.com/redirect/cfbf36f0-028b-4536-9466-e83d54c565d9?j=3DeyJ1Ijo= iMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D= "color: #5abb71;text-decoration: none;">Axio.ai</a><span> work hard to make= possible. It provides powerful analytics that highlight strengths and lear= ning gaps, customizing instruction more efficiently than traditional models= =2E But it must be built on a foundatio= n of great human teaching, purposeful=20= content, and relationships that make learning </span><em>stick.</em></p><p = style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-siz= e: 16px;"><span>As Crouch argues, like the hammer or the pencil, what we do= manually — reading, writing, thinking slowly — builds not just= skill but </span><em>character.</em><span> If we can find that balance bet= ween human formation and AI-fueled delivery, we’ll have the best of b= oth worlds.</span></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);l= ine-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>These are the challenges we face &= #8212; </span><strong>and the ones I’m hopeful we can solve as we dep= loy this year’s Yass Prize Contenders to light up the education world= with their incredible diversity of passions, approaches, and ideas.</stron= g></p><div style=3D"font-size: 16px;line-height: 26px;"><hr style=3D"margin= : 32px 0;padding: 0;height: 1px;background: #e6e6e6;border: none;"></div><h= 2 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=3D"position: relative;font-family: 'SF= Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystem= Font,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Sego= e UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight: bold;-webkit-font-smoothing: ant= ialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased;-webkit-appearance: optimizel= egibility;-moz-appearance: optimizelegibility;appearance: optimizelegibilit= y;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 1.16em;font-siz= e: 1.625em;">In the News</h2><ul style=3D"margin-top: 0;padding: 0;"><li st= yle=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color:= rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;pa= dding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;"><strong><a href=3D"https://subs= tack.com/redirect/afb2be47-4987-44bd-a1f6-a3397575eb4d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2= In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"color: #= 5abb71;text-decoration: none;">We Can’t Afford to Wait to Teach Our C= hildren How to Think</a></strong><span> — </span><em>Mike Piscal, Col= lege Achieve Public Charter Schools, 2023 Yass Prize Semifinalist</em><br><= strong>A powerful reminder that teaching thinking — not compliance &#= 8212; is the core of American education.</strong></p></li><li style=3D"marg= in: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,= 55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left:= 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;"><strong><a href=3D"https://substack.com/re= direct/81c95e59-ec6a-41d9-b759-c3808ff29008?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCs= OK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"color: #5abb71;text= -decoration: none;">Use AI to Keep Great Teachers in the Classroom</a><span= > - </span></strong><em>Keeanna Warren, Purdue Polytechnic High Schools, 20= 22 Yass Prize Semifinalist</em><br><strong>How AI can become an ally to tea= chers, not a replacement.</strong></p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32p= x;mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height= : 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size:= 16px;margin: 0;"><strong><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/f9817d3b= -79c3-457b-8750-f5e44b9054af?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Z= f3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"color: #5abb71;text-decoration: no= ne;">The Economic Power of Teachers</a></strong><span> — </span><em>C= ornell Ellis, Brothers Liberating Our Communities, 2023 Yass Prize Semifina= list</em><br><strong>On the deep connection between identity, representatio= n, and student success.</strong></p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;= mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: = 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 1= 6px;margin: 0;"><strong><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/7430d33c-6= 789-4054-af1f-98f87f74ed8a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3= WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"color: #5abb71;text-decoration: none= ;">Education’s Special Problem: How Standardized Tests Fail Students = Who Learn Differently</a></strong><span> — </span><em>By Yours Truly = and Team</em><br><strong>Why normalizing assessment for students with speci= al needs misses the point — and how connection, not conformity, drive= s growth.</strong></p></li></ul><div style=3D"font-size: 16px;line-height: = 26px;"><hr style=3D"margin: 32px 0;padding: 0;height: 1px;background: #e6e6= e6;border: none;"></div><h2 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=3D"position:= relative;font-family: 'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-a= pple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe 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